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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the king's adviser give to Prospero before he came to the island?
(a) Food and clothing.
(b) A compass.
(c) Money.
(d) A silver coin.

2. What do the characters select at the start of the Prologue?
(a) Masks.
(b) Wigs.
(c) Cups.
(d) Clothing.

3. Who blesses the couple in 3.3?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Zeus and Athena.
(d) Juno and Ceres.

4. What do the group of men hear in 2.2 when Ariel and Prospero enter the stage?
(a) A roll of thunder.
(b) Music.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Elephants.

5. What does Prospero forbid Miranda to do in 3.1?
(a) Dance in public.
(b) Wear skirts.
(c) Eat from the tree of knowledge.
(d) Tell Ferdinand her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero create in 1.2 to bring the men to island?

2. Why does Prospero say to calm MIranda in 1.2?

3. What does Sebastian think of the island in 2.2?

4. Who appoints himself king in 3.2?

5. At the start of 3.1 what does Ferdinand sing about?

(see the answer key)

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