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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Prospero conjure in order to derange Alonso, Gonzalo, Antonio and Sebastian while they are resting?
(a) A banquet table of food.
(b) Ferdinand.
(c) The rest of the men.
(d) Their ship.

2. Why does Prospero conjure the spirits to dance for Ferdinand and Miranda?
(a) He saw Ferdinand getting too close to Miranda.
(b) He wanted to display his power to Ferdinand.
(c) He was bored and wanted the entertainment.
(d) He wanted to surprise them with an early wedding gift.

3. What does Prospero order Ariel to do when Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban run off?
(a) To follow them with the imagined hunting dogs.
(b) To kill the three when he catches them.
(c) To make a deal with them so that they do not kill Prospero.
(d) To run them off a cliff.

4. What is the parallel to Trinculo and Stephano dressing up in borrowed clothes?
(a) Antonio's and Sebastian's borrowed power.
(b) Ariel borrowing Prospero's magical powers.
(c) Caliban borrowing the men's wine.
(d) Prospero's borrowing of Ferdinand.

5. What do Antonio, Alonso, Sebastian and Gonzalo learn about the ship in Act V, Scene I?
(a) That all of the crew are dead.
(b) That the ship has been destroyed.
(c) That the ship and crew set sail without them.
(d) That the ship and crew are safe.

6. Who else does Prospero ask Ariel to bring back in Act V, Scene I?
(a) The ship's crew.
(b) Juno, Iris and Ceres.
(c) No one.
(d) Trinculo, Caliban and Stephano.

7. What does Prospero say about Caliban's distorted looks?
(a) That his manners are equally as distorted.
(b) That they parallel the ugliness of the other men's actions.
(c) That they are not his true visage.
(d) That they are not his fault.

8. What does Prospero tell the spirits to do?
(a) Distract Ferdinand from seeing Alonso.
(b) Lecture Ferdinand and Miranda about chastity.
(c) Distract Ferdinand while he speaks with Miranda.
(d) Teach Ferdinand and Miranda how to dance.

9. Prospero distracts the three men from their plan of revenge; who distracts Prospero from his?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Ariel.

10. What story does Prospero tell Alonso, Gonzalo, Sebastian and Antonio?
(a) The story about the island.
(b) The story of how Ferdinand and Miranda met.
(c) The story about how he learned magic.
(d) The story of Caliban's witch mother, Sycorax.

11. What distracts Trinculo and Stephano from their original plan?
(a) The mysterious sounds in the forest.
(b) The clothes Prospero set out, which they try on.
(c) Caliban's distorted visage.
(d) Their fear of the island spirit Caliban spoke of.

12. Who are "the rabble"?
(a) Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian.
(b) Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban.
(c) Gonzalo, Miranda and Ferdinand.
(d) Ariel, Prospero and Miranda.

13. How does Prospero's speech differ from his normal speech?
(a) It does not differ from his normal speech.
(b) It is more poetic.
(c) It is forthcoming.
(d) It is deluded and illogical.

14. Who provides music and sings along with Stephano and Trinculo?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Prospero.
(c) Nymphs.
(d) Miranda.

15. What spirits does Prospero conjure after blessing Ferdinand and Miranda's marriage?
(a) Juno, Iris and Ceres.
(b) Sycoraz, Ceres and Iris.
(c) Sycorax, Juno and Iris.
(d) Ariel, Iris and Ceres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prospero ask in his soliloquy at the play's end?

2. Under what circumstances will Prospero curse Ferdinand's and Miranda's marriage?

3. By the beginning of Act III, Scene II, what is the state of Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?

4. What do Ariel and Prospero do to disguise themselves from Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?

5. What does Prospero tease Stephano about at the end of the play?

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