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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of 1.1 what do the passengers sing?
(a) "God Bless America"
(b) "Amazing Grace"
(c) "Row Row Row your Boat"
(d) "Nearer, My God, to Thee."

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

3. What does Miranda cry out at the start of 1.2?
(a) To help her get dressed.
(b) To save her cat.
(c) To marry her.
(d) To save the sinking ship.

4. How does the boatswain act towards the passengers?
(a) He bows to them.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) Rudely.
(d) Kindly.

5. Why does Gonzalo scold Antonio in 1.1?
(a) He is pessimistic.
(b) He is optimistic.
(c) He is rude to the captain.
(d) He is flirting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the journal Cesaire started in college?

2. What does Cesaire think of the idea that poets make terrible politicians?

3. What does Gonzalo suggest in 2.2, will make the fields bloom?

4. What does Gonzalo think of the island in 2.2?

5. What do the characters select at the start of the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Cesaire's opinions on colonization?

2. What does Gonzalo think about the island in 2.2? What does Sebastian think?

3. What are Gonzalo and Sebastian's views in 2.2 on the fertilizing and caring for the fields?

4. Describe Caliban and his role on the island.

5. What happens to the ship at the end of 1.1?

6. Who is Ariel and what is his role on the island?

7. Who refuses to eat the food in 2.2 and why?

8. Who does Prospero says is an honorable man in 1.2 and why?

9. In 2.1, what does Ariel believe is the best way to destroy Prospero?

10. How do Alfonso and his friends treat the Boatswain?

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