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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 tease Stephano about at the end of the play?
2. Where are the other men, following the drunken scene with Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban?
3. What does Alonso do when Prospero reveals Ferdinand and Miranda to him?
4. Who pretends to be Trinculo and interrupts Stephano's and Caliban's conversation?
5. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Antonio and Sebastian?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the tempest and how it is developed metaphorically throughout the play and eventually ended.
2. Why does Prospero, in Act IV, Scene I, decide to torment Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban rather than continue his revenge on Antonio?
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. 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?
5. How, or how not, is Prospero similar to Antonio in Act IV, Scene I?
6. What is Stephano's ulterior motive in the plan to murder Prospero?
7. Why does Prospero conjure the banquet for Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo?
8. What does Prospero do following his revelation about the futility of revenge and his self realization?
9. What spirits does Prospero summon for the magical performance when he sees Ferdinand getting too close to Miranda?
10. How does Ariel instill remorse in some of the characters when he appears following the banquet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Prospero uses his magic to conjure a banquet for his enemies. Why does he do this, rather than use his magic in a different way to punish them? What is the significance of the banquet? What was Shakespeare's intention with the inclusion of this scene?
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of Miranda and Ferdinand's union? Is it true love, or a scheme orchestrated by Prospero? What role does it play in "The Tempest?" Cite specific 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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