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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like as the play begins?
(a) Hot.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Stormy.

2. Who pities Ferdinand in 3.1?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Prospero.

3. Why in 2.2 does Gonzalo believe the food is returned to them?
(a) They cried.
(b) They asked nicely.
(c) The Powers took pity on them.
(d) They are worthy of food.

4. Who does Ariel dream about building with in 2.1?
(a) Prospero and Alfonso.
(b) God.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Prospero and Caliban.

5. What title did Prospero once hold?
(a) Priest.
(b) Prince.
(c) Duke.
(d) Lord.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the actors enter the stage in the prologue?

2. In 2.1, what does Caliban insist Prospero does not have?

3. What do the group of men hear in 2.2 when Ariel and Prospero enter the stage?

4. What does the Master of Ceremonies instruct the actors to do as the Prologue ends?

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

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