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1. Whom does Caliban mistake for one of Prospero’s spirits sent to torment him?

(A) Stefano

(B) Ferdinand

(D) Trinculo

2. What was Prospero’s title before his position was usurped and he was forced to flee Italy?

(A) Duke of Milan

(B) King of Naples

(D) Pope of Rome

3. From which country is Alonso’s ship returning when it is caught in the tempest?

(A) Naples

(B) England

(D) Bermudas

4. How long have Prospero and Miranda been on their island?

(A) Ten years

(B) Fifteen years

(D) One day

5. What was the name of Caliban’s mother?

(A) Ariel

(B) Claribel

(D) Setebos

6. Over how many days does the action of The Tempest take place?

(A) Two

(B) One

(D) Four

7. Which mythical figures appear in the wedding masque Prospero stages for Miranda and Ferdinand?

(A) Cupid, Venus, and Mars

(B) Jupiter and Saturn

(D) Isis and Osiris

8. Which character is Prospero’s brother?

(A) Alonso

(B) Sebastian

(D) Antonio

9. Which character is Sebastian’s brother?

(A) Prospero

(B) Antonio

(D) Alonso

10. What do we see Miranda and Ferdinand doing in the play’s final scene?

(A) Playing cards

(B) Carrying wood

(D) Playing tag

11. What shape does Ariel assume at the magical banquet in Act III, scene iii?

(A) Harpy

(B) Eagle

(D) Hound

12. What do Prospero and Ariel set out as bait for Caliban, Trinculo, and Stefano?

(A) “a butt of sack”

(B) “the nimble marmoset”

(D) “a thousand twangling instruments”

13. What does Caliban say must be done before Prospero can be killed?

(A) His magic cloak must be burnt

(B) His books must be seized

(D) A tempest must be raised

14. What is the name of Alonso’s daughter?

(A) Claribel

(B) Miranda

(D) Alonsa

15. What does Prospero give as his reason for treating Caliban badly?

(A) Caliban tried to kill him

(B) Caliban tried to steal his books

(D) Caliban attempted to rape Miranda

16. Who helped Prospero and Miranda to flee Italy?

(A) Antonio

(B) Gonzalo

(D) Claribel

17. Where does Ariel put the mariners and Boatswain after the tempest?

(A) In a thicket

(B) Under Caliban’s cloak

(D) In Prospero’s cell

18. Where did Sycorax imprison Ariel?

(A) On another island

(B) In a cloven pine

(D) Inside a stone

19. What task are both Caliban and Ferdinand forced to perform?

(A) Marrying Miranda

(B) Singing drunkenly

(D) Carrying wood

20. Who persuades Sebastian to try to kill Alonso?

(A) Antonio

(B) Gonzalo

(D) Alonso

21. What does Prospero intend to “drown” after he has reconciled with his enemies?

(A) His magic garments

(B) His book

(D) Caliban

22. What does Caliban say is his “chief profit” from learning language?

(A) He knows how to curse

(B) He can show Prospero the “qualities o’ th’ isle”

(D) He can sing with Trinculo and Stefano

23. Which characters do Stefano and Trinculo most clearly parody?

(A) Prospero and Miranda

(B) Caliban and Sycorax

(D) Antonio and Sebastian

24. What is the final task Prospero orders Ariel to perform?

(A) To release Sycorax

(B) To haul a load of wood

(D) To take charge of Caliban

25. We are told that one of the following characters has visited England. Which one?

(A) Stefano

(B) Prospero

(D) Alonso

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