The Tempest

1. Who controls the fate of the ship during the storm?

A) the boatswain

B) King Alonso and Antonio

C) Prospero and Ariel

D) the sea gods

2. Who betrayed Prospero and usurped his throne?

A) Antonio

B) Sebastian

C) Gonzalo

D) Caliban

3. Who is Ariel to Prospero?

A) his guiding light

B) his son-in-law

C) his student

D) his slave

4. Why does Prospero arrest Ferdinand?

1. What does Antonio want Sebastian to do?

A) help him take over the island

B) help him escape from the island

C) kill Alonso and become king

D) search for the island’s hidden treasure

2. At first, Stephano thinks Caliban and Trinculo are which of the following:

A) native sorcerers

B) a four-legged monster

C) both drunk

D) both dead

3. What has Stephano hidden on the island?

A) treasure

B) a stash of wine

C) Trinculo

D) the ship’s crew

8. What does Caliban think of Stephano? (short answer)

9. What do Ferdinand and Miranda decide to do?

A) be friends

B) kill Prospero

C) take over the island

D) get married

10. Caliban and Stephano agree to:

A) kill Prospero

B) hide the wine from the others

C) get married

D) commandeer the ship

11. Ariel conjures a banquet for Alonso and his entourage, then interrupts it by appearing before them as:

A) the master of ceremonies

B) a god

C) a harpy

D) a thundercloud

12. Alonso is upset because he is certain that ________. (short answer)

13. Prospero explains to Ferdinand that he imprisoned him:

A) to see how much pain he could withstand

B) to test his love for Miranda

C) to protect him from Antonio

D) to make him hate his father, King Alonso

14. Why does Prospero interrupt the masque?

A) King Alonso has disappeared.

B) Antonio tries to kill Prospero.

C) Ariel makes a mistake and spoils the performance.

D) Prospero remembers that Caliban wants to kill him.

15. Prospero lures Trinculo, Stephano, and Caliban with:

A) fancy clothes

B) a cask of wine

C) lovely nymphs

D) a banquet

16. What causes Trinculo, Stephano, and Caliban to run away? (short answer)

17. What does Prospero do to Antonio?

A) He kills him.

B) He imprisons him.

C) He forgives him.

D) He pleads with him.

18. Why does Prospero thank Gonzalo?

A) Gonzalo warned Prospero of the plot on his life.

B) Gonzalo introduced Ferdinand to Miranda.

C) Gonzalo took care of Miranda during her childhood.

D) Gonzalo provisioned Prospero when he was exiled.

19. In Act V, King Alonso:

A) abdicates his throne

B) renounces his claim to Prospero’s dukedom

C) presides at the funeral of his son, Ferdinand

D) exiles Sebastian and Antonio

20. What does Prospero ask of the audience? (short answer)