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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 does Prospero throw into the ocean?
2. Who are "the rabble"?
3. What does Caliban curse himself for foolishly believing?
4. What does the banquet scene reveal about Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio?
5. What does Alonso do when Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Caliban reveal his humane side in Act III, Scene II?
2. What is the significance of Gonzalo's comment about the gentleness of the spirits at the banquet?
3. 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?
4. How does a tempest begin with the Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban subplot?
5. How does Ariel meddle with the Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban trio in Scene II of Act III?
6. Why does Prospero conjure the banquet for Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo?
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 Ariel instill remorse in some of the characters when he appears following the banquet?
9. How does Gonzalo's understanding about Antonio's and Sebastian's plan reveal a similarity between himself and Ferdinand and Miranda?
10. How does the tempest created by Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano come to an end after they put on the gaudy clothes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Prospero was always interested in studying and learning, and he applied these interests to his magic book on the island. He uses the powers he gained from the book to teach his enemies a lesson. Was Prospero simply delighting in the use of his magical powers? If so, is it logical to think he will just give them up as he claims he will? Why, or why not? Cite examples from the play to support your response.
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