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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. What did Cesaire study in college?
(a) African history.
(b) Journalism.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

2. In 2.2, what does Gonzalo claim makes great fertilizer?
(a) Scraps of food.
(b) Guano.
(c) Bear droppings.
(d) Hay seeds.

3. Who spoke out against Prospero in Italy?
(a) Luigi.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Antonio and Alonso.
(d) Mario.

4. What does Cesaire think of the idea that poets make terrible politicians?
(a) He does not care.
(b) He this it is true.
(c) He thinks the idea is ridiculous but true.
(d) He thinks it is ridiculous.

5. In 2.1, what does Caliban insist Prospero does not have?
(a) A brain.
(b) Love.
(c) A conscious.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Caliban doing in his cave at the start of 2.1?

2. Which literary device does Cesaire use to fight for freedom?

3. Who do Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio call for at the start of 1.1?

4. Which island was Cesaire born on?

5. What is the title of Cesaire's first non-fiction book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Cesaire and his wife moved back to his native land, what did they do?

3. How does the Master of Ceremonies instruct people to choose their masks?

4. Where does Ariel visit at the start of 2.1, and what does he see there?

5. What happens to the weather at the end of the Prologue?

6. Describe Caliban and his role on the island.

7. What does Ariel dream about doing in 2.1?

8. What are Cesaire's opinions on colonization?

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

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

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