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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. Who does Prospero feel betrayed by in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Alonso.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Antonio.

2. What does Prospero order Ariel to do when Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban run off?
(a) To make a deal with them so that they do not kill Prospero.
(b) To follow them with the imagined hunting dogs.
(c) To kill the three when he catches them.
(d) To run them off a cliff.

3. In Act IV, Scene I, how is Prospero feeling toward Caliban?
(a) Prospero feels sorry for Caliban.
(b) Prospero is disgusted with Caliban.
(c) Prospero feels betrayed by Caliban.
(d) Prospero wants to befriend Caliban.

4. What subplot comes to an end at the completion of Act IV, Scene I?
(a) The plan by Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano to kill Prospero.
(b) The deal between Prospero and Ariel.
(c) Prospero's use of his magical powers.
(d) Ariel's dedication to Prospero.

5. What is the banquet supposed to elicit in the men?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Lust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alonso do when Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda to him?

2. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Gonzalo?

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

4. What does Prospero tease Stephano about at the end of the play?

5. What does Prospero realize about himself when Ariel tells him about the men in the cave?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Prospero's journey that leads to his transformation at the end of the play.

3. What is Stephano's ulterior motive in the plan to murder Prospero?

4. What is the significance of Gonzalo's comment about the gentleness of the spirits at the banquet?

5. After Ariel tells Prospero where Antonio, Alonso, and Sebastian are, what causes Prospero to realize that it is not revenge he wants, but penitence?

6. 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?

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. How does a tempest begin with the Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban subplot?

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

10. 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?

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