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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. What is Prospero surprised at when Ariel tells him that Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo are upset and remorseful?
2. In Act V, Scene I, who do Sebastian and Antonio make jokes about after Ariel brings everyone back?
3. What spirits does Prospero conjure after blessing Ferdinand and Miranda's marriage?
4. What does Prospero bury in the earth?
5. Who listens in on Caliban's and Stephano's conversation?
Short Essay Questions
1. After Ariel tells Prospero where Antonio, Alonso, and Sebastian are, what causes Prospero to realize that it is not revenge he wants, but penitence?
2. What is Stephano's ulterior motive in the plan to murder Prospero?
3. Why does Prospero, in Act IV, Scene I, decide to torment Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban rather than continue his revenge on Antonio?
4. Why does Prospero conjure the banquet for Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo?
5. What is the significance of Gonzalo's comment about the gentleness of the spirits at the banquet?
6. What does Prospero do following his revelation about the futility of revenge and his self realization?
7. 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?
8. How, or how not, is Prospero similar to Antonio in Act IV, Scene I?
9. How does Ariel meddle with the Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban trio in Scene II of Act III?
10. Who does Prospero refer to as "the rabble" prior to the magical performance with the dancing spirits?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although the metaphor of a tempest suggests an unnatural upheaval in nature that then returns the environment back to normal, is this the case in the play? Do things return to normal by the play's end? Is there more ambiguity than the idea of a tempest suggests? Why, or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Does Prospero truly undergo a "transformation" by the end of The Tempest? What is the evidence to prove or disprove this?
Essay Topic 3
Antonio used Prospero and took advantage of him fifteen years prior to the play in Milan. Can it be argued that Alonso was as much a victim of Antonio's manipulation as Prospero was? What about Sebastian? Support your argument with examples from the text.
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