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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. After sending Ariel to release the men from the cave, what does Prospero vow to do?
(a) Let go of his power and release the spirits.
(b) Break up the union between Miranda and Ferdinand.
(c) Kill Antonio, Sebastian and Alonso.
(d) Not to rest until his revenge is complete.

2. Who does Ariel bring back at Prospero's request?
(a) Stepahno.
(b) The Boatswain.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Trinculo.

3. Why does Prospero want the men to see a banquet and then have it taken away?
(a) To allow Ariel to feel what power is like.
(b) So that they will starve.
(c) To show them that their power is fleeting.
(d) To exert his own power over them.

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

5. Why does Prospero abruptly stop the marriage ceremony and change his mood?
(a) He is angered by the spirits.
(b) He remembers his plan for Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban.
(c) He remembers his plan for Antonio, Alonso and Sebastian.
(d) The spirits' message has no affect on Miranda and Ferdinand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Sebastian and Antonio vow to help Alonso find Ferdinand following the banquet?

2. What story does Prospero tell Alonso, Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio?

3. What does Prospero ask in his soliloquy at the play's end?

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

5. At the beginning of Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero tell Ferdinand?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What is the significance of Stephano and Trinculo dressing up in the ostentatious clothing Prospero lays out for them?

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. Do you think Prospero will actually give up his magic? He only talks of it, but does not actually do it. Why or why not?

7. In Act V, Scene I, why does Prospero whisper to Antonio and Sebastian that he knows of their plans to kill Alonso?

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

9. Why does Prospero conjure the banquet for Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo?

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

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