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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 themes does Cesaire's play incorporate?
(a) War.
(b) Colonialism and negritude.
(c) Money.
(d) Love and hate.

2. What characters are named on stage in the Prologue?
(a) King, Prince, Slave, God.
(b) Richard, Puck, Charles, Macbeth.
(c) Prospero, Ariel, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Miranda, Ferdinand, Antonio, Alonso, and Eshu
(d) Prospero, Ariel, and Prince.

3. What does Gonzalo say in 2.2 will be their responsibility if the island is uninhabited?
(a) Escaping the island.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Colonization.
(d) Plowing the fields.

4. In the Prologue, how do the characters select the objects?
(a) Leisurely.
(b) In anger.
(c) Rapidly.
(d) In a panic.

5. Which literary device does Cesaire use to fight for freedom?
(a) Limericks.
(b) Novels.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Miranda cry out to at the start of 1.2?

2. What does Cesaire's writing focus on toward the end of his career?

3. How are the characters instructed to choose the objects on stage in the Prologue?

4. How does Ariel want to change Prospero's disposition in 2.1?

5. In the Prologue, who does the Master of Ceremonies almost forget?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Caliban and his role on the island.

2. What are Gonzalo's views on colonization in 2.2?

3. Describe Cesaire's childhood.

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

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

6. Describe the part of the tempest.

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

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

9. What themes does Cesaire's play examine?

10. What does Ariel warn Caliban about in 2.1?

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