1: Which best describes Prospero?
a. Self-centered, controlling, egotistical, disdainful
b. Godlike, manipulative, forgiving, loving
c. Autocratic, controlling, arrogant, mean-spirited
d. Cold-hearted, inhuman, manipulative, dangerous
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2: Ferdinand is the son of
a. Prospero
b. Antonio
c. Sebastian
d. Alonso
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3: Miranda is the daughter of
a. Prospero
b. Antonio
c. Sebastian
d. Alonso
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4: Shakespeare used the three unities extensively in this play because
a. he didn’t want the play to last longer than three hours
b. he needed the unities to counter the abundance of magic in the play
c. he wanted to pay tribute to Aristotle
d. he wanted to provide consistency because the plot had so many male characters
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5: Who are Ariel and Caliban?
a. Ariel is Miranda’s brother; Caliban is the son of the king of Naples.
b. Ariel is a spirit of the air; Caliban is Prospero’s slave.
c. Ariel is the wife of Ferdinand; Caliban is Antonio’s brother.
d. Ariel is Prospero’s brother; Caliban is a court jester.
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6: What does Alonso believe has happened to his son?
a. He drowned in the shipwreck.
b. He has run away with Miranda.
c. He has fallen under the spell of Prospero.
d. He is planning to take over his kingdom.
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7: When Stefano and Trinculo first see Caliban, they think
a. he will be a good companion and help them get food
b. he will make them rich if they can get him back to civilization
c. he needs help
d. he is horrifying and ugly
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8: Who does Prospero claim he was before his brother seized his property and title?
a. Duke of Milan
b. King of Naples
c. Duke of Florence
d. Earl of Venice
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9: What does Prospero stage in order to celebrate the betrothal of Miranda and Ferdinand?
a. A thunderstorm
b. A masque
c. A banquet
d. A play
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10: Caliban warns Stefano that he must possess what before killing Prospero?
a. His hat
b. His staff
c. His books
d. Ariel
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11: How does Prospero punish Stefano, Caliban, and Trinculo for plotting to kill him?
a. He makes them run through a briar patch and swim in a scummy pond.
b. He makes them eat all the food at the banquet.
c. He makes them stage a play in a thunderstorm.
d. He locks them in a wine casket and puts it out to sea.
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12: What disappears before the eyes of Antonio, Sebastien, and Alonso and frightens them?
a. A banquet
b. A ghost
c. A wave
d. Treasure
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13: Who says the following: “O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world that that has such people in’t!”
a. Prospero
b. Ariel
c. Ferdinand
d. Miranda
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14: Who says the following:“A devil, a born devil, on whose nature,Nurture can never stick: on whom my pains;Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost! And as with age his body uglier grows,So his mind cankers. I will plague them all,Even to roaring."
a. Prospero
b. Ariel
c. Caliban
d. Miranda
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15: Who speaks these last lines of the play: “Unless I be relieved by prayer, which pierces so that it assaults mercy itself and frees all faults, as you from crimes would pardoned be, let your indulgence set me free.”
a. Caliban
b. Prospero
c. Ariel
d. Antonio
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