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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although coming from different worlds, Miranda and Ferdinand are similar because of their

2. What does Miranda offer to Ferdinand while he is working?

3. Who is not lulled to sleep in Act II, Scene I?

4. What does Ferdinand say he is willing to do to win Miranda?

5. What does Ferdinand protest when Prospero accuses him of wanting to take over the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason Prospero gives for Miranda's attraction to Ferdinand?

2. What does the drunken Stephano think he sees when he happens upon Caliban and Trinculo?

3. During the storm, what can the audience already infer about Antonio's character and why?

4. What is the basic understanding of Antonio's and Prospero's history?

5. How are Miranda and Ferdinand different, but also the same?

6. What does Ariel do when Antonio and Sebastian draw their swords and why?

7. When Caliban starts babbling to Stephano and Trinculo about what he can show them on the island, what is Trinculo's initial thought?

8. Why does Prospero create the tempest? What is his initial incentive?

9. What is the metaphorical significance of the play's title, "The Tempest"?

10. How do you think Miranda's and Ferdinand's union can positively affect Prospero?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on Prospero's character throughout the play and your personal thoughts on whether or not he truly underwent a "transformation," write an epilogue for The Tempest. Five or ten years following their departure from the island, write what you believe would happen over the course of that time given what you understand about the play and what seems most logical. What happens to all of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

What is the purpose of the musical scenes in The Tempest? What do they do for the plot? The characters? The audience? Cite examples from the play and bear in mind Shakespeare's contemporary period.

Essay Topic 3

Ferdinand, Miranda and Gonzalo are considered moral beacons throughout the play. Compare them to other characters in the play, citing examples where their moral and pure characteristics directly contrast with the play's more treacherous characters.

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