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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alonso wonder about when he sees that Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban are intoxicated?
(a) If Prospero made them drunk.
(b) If their intoxication came from something they ate on the island.
(c) When their intoxication will wear off.
(d) Where they procured the wine.

2. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Antonio and Sebastian?
(a) Their kindness.
(b) Their ingenuity.
(c) Their ambition.
(d) Their sincerity.

3. What does Prospero ask in his soliloquy at the play's end?
(a) For the audience's applause.
(b) For a moment of silence to reflect.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) To leave the island.

4. Why does Prospero conjure the spirits to dance for Ferdinand and Miranda?
(a) He wanted to surprise them with an early wedding gift.
(b) He was bored and wanted the entertainment.
(c) He saw Ferdinand getting too close to Miranda.
(d) He wanted to display his power to Ferdinand.

5. In Act IV, Scene I, Prospero's speech mirrors that of which other character?
(a) Alonso.
(b) Caliban.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Ariel.

Short Answer Questions

1. While discussing the plan with Caliban, what is Stephano's main objective?

2. In his soliloquy in Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero insinuate a personal connection to?

3. In speaking to Stephano, what does Caliban describe as very important?

4. What subplot comes to an end at the completion of Act IV, Scene I?

5. What does Gonzalo contrast to the character of his present company during the banquet?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Prospero's soliloquy after the magical performance, what is the significance of his reference to the nature of being and the nature of life?

2. How does the tempest created by Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano come to an end after they put on the gaudy clothes?

3. Who does Prospero refer to as "the rabble" prior to the magical performance with the dancing spirits?

4. How, or how not, is Prospero similar to Antonio in Act IV, Scene I?

5. In Prospero's final speech at the play's end, what is the significance of his contemplation of his death? How does it link to his now ended revenge?

6. What does Prospero do following his revelation about the futility of revenge and his self realization?

7. In Act V, Scene I, what is a clue that Antonio and Sebastian are not as repentant of their past misdeeds as Alonso?

8. Describe the tempest and how it is developed metaphorically throughout the play and eventually ended.

9. Following the magical performance with dancing spirits, Prospero recites one of two famous soliloquies. What does he speak of in the soliloquy and who does he parallel with this soliloquy?

10. How does Gonzalo's understanding about Antonio's and Sebastian's plan reveal a similarity between himself and Ferdinand and Miranda?

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