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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 does Caliban beg of Stephano when he first meets him?
(a) To sing for him.
(b) To help him off the island.
(c) To be left alone.
(d) To get Trinculo out from under his robes.

2. Ferdinand is the prince of
(a) Tunis.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Naples.
(d) Milan.

3. What sets Alonso apart from Antonio in Prospero's eyes?
(a) His emotional, regretful side.
(b) His lack of interest in being a king.
(c) His strength as a king.
(d) His age, as he is much older than Antonio.

4. Miranda dislikes Caliban, because
(a) He is malformed.
(b) He is rude.
(c) He tries to trick her with magic.
(d) He tried to rape her.

5. What does Sebastian wonder about Antonio and his usurpation of Prospero's throne?
(a) How hard it is to be the king.
(b) If Antonio will do it to him.
(c) If it plagues his conscience.
(d) If he is as courageous as Antonio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads Ferdinand to Prospero?

2. Who thwarts Antonio's and Sebastian's plan in Act II, Scene I?

3. What does Antonio offer to do in order to persuade Sebastian to go along with the plan?

4. What does Prospero say in his soliloquy about Miranda and Ferdinand?

5. The two spirits who reside on the island with Prospero and Miranda are

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Prospero create the tempest? What is his initial incentive?

2. What does the initial scene at sea foreshadow in the play?

3. What is the metaphorical significance of the play's title, "The Tempest"?

4. What is Trinculo's plan for Caliban when he sees that he is actually a man?

5. In Act III, Scene I, what contrasts are shown between Ferdinand and Miranda?

6. How does Prospero's treatment of Caliban mirror Antonio's past treatment of Prospero?

7. How does the audience learn about Ariel's past on the island?

8. How does Antonio persuade Sebastian to go along with the plan to assassinate Alonso and take over Naples?

9. Alonso helped Antonio usurp Prospero's throne. Why does Prospero have Ariel lull him to sleep? What does this scene say about Alonso's character?

10. When Caliban starts babbling to Stephano and Trinculo about what he can show them on the island, what is Trinculo's initial thought?

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