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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act IV, Scene I, how is Prospero feeling toward Caliban?
(a) Prospero wants to befriend Caliban.
(b) Prospero feels betrayed by Caliban.
(c) Prospero feels sorry for Caliban.
(d) Prospero is disgusted with Caliban.

2. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Gonzalo?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His meekness.
(c) His honor.
(d) His courage.

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

4. In the false banquet scene, what characteristic of Gonzalo is revealed that he shares with Miranda and Ferdinand?
(a) Purity.
(b) Selflessness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Naivety.

5. Who does Prospero feel betrayed by in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Alonso.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Antonio.

6. What part of the scene in which Caliban plans the assassination is somewhat poetic and shows the depth of Caliban?
(a) His request for Trinculo and Stephano to sing.
(b) His anger and spite against Prospero.
(c) His wish to marry Miranda.
(d) His speech about the magic of the island.

7. Who does Caliban talk about at length to Stephano?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Trinculo.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Prospero.

8. At the beginning of Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero tell Ferdinand?
(a) He has more chores for him to do.
(b) The trials he has endured were tests of love.
(c) He will never be allowed to marry Miranda.
(d) He will teach him magic from his books.

9. In Act IV, Scene I, Prospero's speech mirrors that of which other character?
(a) Alonso.
(b) Miranda.
(c) Ariel.
(d) Caliban.

10. By the beginning of Act III, Scene II, what is the state of Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano?
(a) Elated.
(b) Mad.
(c) Sick.
(d) Drunk.

11. What does Prospero order Ariel to fetch when he is ready to reveal his identity to the men?
(a) His old clothes from Milan.
(b) Miranda and Ferdnand.
(c) His magical staff.
(d) His magic book.

12. Who pretends to be Trinculo and interrupts Stephano's and Caliban's conversation?
(a) Miranda.
(b) Prospero.
(c) Ferdinand.
(d) Ariel.

13. What does Prospero bury in the earth?
(a) His magic book.
(b) A map of the island.
(c) His magical staff.
(d) Letters he has written.

14. What does Prospero throw into the ocean?
(a) His magical staff.
(b) His magic book.
(c) His old crown.
(d) His king's robe.

15. What does Prospero comment on in regard to Alonso and Antonio?
(a) Their cruelty.
(b) Their kindness.
(c) Their stupidity.
(d) Their penitence.

Short Answer Questions

1. While discussing the plan with Caliban, what is Stephano's main objective?

2. Prospero distracts the three men from their plan of revenge; who distracts Prospero from his?

3. What motif does the scene between Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano and their assassination plan reflect?

4. In his soliloquy in Act IV, Scene I, what does Prospero insinuate a personal connection to?

5. Why do Sebastian and Antonio vow to help Alonso find Ferdinand following the banquet?

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