The Tempest Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

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1. Yare in this line means: "Yare, lower, lower, bring her to try with main course."

Correct Answer: C) Fast.

2. Before Prospero left the island, he dismissed ..... from his service.

Correct Answer: A) Ariel.

3. Who is Prospero's brother who overthrew him?

Correct Answer: A) Alonso.

4. How did Prospero test the love of Ferdinand?

Correct Answer: A) By setting hard task.

5. Why not a soul would dare to sleep?

Correct Answer: D) They were afraid of the violent storm and thought that it will destroy them.

6. A heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, or a violent outbreak of thunder and lightning, usually with strong winds.

Correct Answer: D) Storm.

7. My dad likes to ..... me and my friends how to garden.

Correct Answer: B) Teach.

8. What is Prospero describing in lines 10-15?

Correct Answer: A) A storm he has created.

9. The Tempest was published the same year as the King James Bible.

Correct Answer: A) True.

10. What is the effect of the alliteration in lines 96-97?

Correct Answer: C) It gives the description a musical quality.

11. The King of Naples is named

Correct Answer: B) Alonso.

12. Before Prospero was exiled he was

Correct Answer: D) Duke of Milan.

13. Prospero's kingdom was:

Correct Answer: C) Taken by his brother Antonio.

14. To inherit sovereignty, rank, or title

Correct Answer: B) Succeed.

15. Given your knowledge of suffixes, choose the word that means 'full of contempt.'

Correct Answer: A) Contemptuous.

16. The Sprite who causes the storm.

Correct Answer: D) Ariel.

17. 'Nay, good, be patient.'-Who is the speaker? To whom is he appealing?

Correct Answer: D) Gonzalo ; to the boatswain.

18. These toys ..... to Sarah.

Correct Answer: C) Belong.

19. ..... is the heir to the crown of Naples

Correct Answer: B) Ferdinand.

20. "What's past is Prologue"

Correct Answer: D) Paradox.