The Tempest Quiz 11 (20 MCQs)

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1. 12 years ago, Prospero and Miranda survive on the ship because ..... gave them supplies:

Correct Answer: B) Gonzalo.

2. When Caliban refers to Trinculo as "this thing" in line 13, the word thing conveys

Correct Answer: D) An insulting connotation.

3. What is a tempest

Correct Answer: B) A storm at the sea.

4. Who often struggled to make ends meet in society?

Correct Answer: D) Servants and laborers.

5. What does the sick man look from his chamber

Correct Answer: A) The twisted brooks.

6. Who is Prospero talking to at the beginning of the soliloquy?

Correct Answer: B) The elves.

7. Allies; person who shares a common purpose

Correct Answer: A) Confederates.

8. Tom ..... the ball into the next field.

Correct Answer: D) Hit.

9. Regard with disgust or hatred

Correct Answer: B) Abhorred.

10. I wish I was a bird and could fly through the .....

Correct Answer: D) Air.

11. How have many critics and readers interpreted Prospero's role in the play?

Correct Answer: D) As Shakespeare's surrogate.

12. True or False:Actors were respected in the time of Shakespeare, and people believed that actors like Shakespeare had good morals and values.

Correct Answer: B) False.

13. When Miranda says that Prospero 'put the wild waters in this roar' what does mean?

Correct Answer: C) He has created the storm by magic.

14. When you want to be alone, and you want peace and quiet you want to be in .....

Correct Answer: A) Solitude.

15. The captain said we were lost means

Correct Answer: C) They are going to die as there is no way for survival.

16. Why does Miranda ask her father to calm the storm at sea?

Correct Answer: A) She does not want anyone hurt.

17. Of little weight or importance

Correct Answer: D) Frivolous.

18. The shipwreck of which vessel in 1609 may have been the inspiration for The Tempest?

Correct Answer: C) The Sea Venture.

19. The quality or state of being faithless or disloyal

Correct Answer: D) Perfidious.

20. Prearranged means to do something after the fact.

Correct Answer: B) False.