This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Tempest > The Tempest – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tempest Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which character is given his/her freedom at the end of the story? A) Miranda. B) Prospero. C) Ariel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ariel. 2. Who is Alonso's brother? A) Prospero. B) Alonso. C) Sebastian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sebastian. 3. "That was my delicate Ariel" who said this? A) Aerial. B) Miranda. C) Prospero. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prospero. 4. What is the company 'Amazon' named for? A) The twin tailed siren-a dangerous but beautiful sea creature. B) A race of warrior women, famed for their speed. C) The legendary Greek hero and grandson of Zeus. D) The Greek goddess of victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A race of warrior women, famed for their speed. 5. Who is Miranda's father? A) Prospero. B) Alonso. C) Sebastian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prospero. 6. When Prospero awakens Miranda, which character appears? A) Ariel. B) Caliban. C) Alonso. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caliban. 7. How does Ariel's loyalty to Prospero impact the story? A) Ariel's loyalty to Prospero makes the story more confusing. B) Ariel's loyalty to Prospero causes the story to have a tragic ending. C) Ariel's loyalty to Prospero has no impact on the story. D) Ariel's loyalty to Prospero helps drive the plot and leads to the resolution of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel's loyalty to Prospero helps drive the plot and leads to the resolution of the story. 8. Who said it: "O brave new world, that has such people in 't!" A) Ferdinand. B) Ariel. C) Caliban. D) Miranda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miranda. 9. Shakespeare's audiences were composed of which social classes? A) All stations of society. B) Low class/middle class. C) Noblemen. D) Parliament only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All stations of society. 10. How do Antonio, Gonzalo, and Sebastian feel when the captain tells them to go below deck? A) They are afraid to go. B) They obey immediately. C) They feel guilty leaving him up on the dangerous deck. D) They are offended that he would command royals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are offended that he would command royals. 11. The spirits will not listen to Prospero if he does not have his A) Monster. B) Daughter. C) Island. D) Books. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Books. 12. Dana would ..... to go to the baseball game for her birthday. A) Drown. B) Wood. C) Love. D) Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 13. Who is the ruler of the desert island in The Tempest? A) Caliban. B) Prospero. C) Miranda. D) Antonio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prospero. 14. Who is the son of Sycorax, the previous ruler of the island? A) Antonio. B) Miranda. C) Prospero. D) Caliban. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caliban. 15. Ferdinand proposes to Miranda A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. This young man you see was in the ..... A) Forest. B) Ship. C) Island. D) Cave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ship. 17. Which of the following best describes Miranda's character in Act III of The Tempest? A) She feels shy and tongue-tied around Ferdinand. B) She is so much in love that she forgets Prospero's demands. C) She hopes that Ferdinand can help her escape from the island. D) She is glad that Prospero has brought so many men to the island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is so much in love that she forgets Prospero's demands. 18. The hungry sea was roaring The figure of speech referred here A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. In Act I, scene 2 A) He is described while being on stage. B) We see Caliban first. C) He is not described. D) He is foreshadowed by Prospero's story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is foreshadowed by Prospero's story. 20. Which answer choice best defines blank verse? A) Rhymed iambic pentameter. B) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. C) No clear pattern of rhyme or meter. D) Consistent rhyme and inconsistent meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. 21. Before leaving, Prospero asked Ariel to: A) Never forget them. B) Go with them. C) Calm the wind and sea. D) Rule the island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calm the wind and sea. 22. "That if you now beheld them, your affections would become tender" who says this line? A) Alonzo. B) Gonzalo. C) Ferdinand. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel. 23. Prospero describes the loss of his dukedom to: A) His interest in reading and learning. B) His passion. C) His power. D) His ignorance about politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His interest in reading and learning. 24. What did Miranda mean by: "I am your wife, if you will marry me; / If not, I'll die your maid" A) That she will be his wife and even if he doesn't accept she will still be devoted to him. B) That she doesn't want to marry Ferdinand. C) That she will die if she doesn't marry Ferdinand. D) That she fell in love with Ferdinand at first sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That she will be his wife and even if he doesn't accept she will still be devoted to him. 25. What is the negative reading of Prospero and Ariel's relationship? A) He respects him. B) He fears him and so calls him 'master' and 'sir' to navigate himself to freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He fears him and so calls him 'master' and 'sir' to navigate himself to freedom. 26. 'Display it like you stole it' suggests ..... ? A) Museums should stop stealing from countries. B) Museums should be forced to close. C) Museums should stop exhibiting artefacts that may link to colonialism. D) Museums should be more honest about where exhibits are from. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Museums should be more honest about where exhibits are from. 27. Who doesn't live on the island? A) Ferdinand. B) Miranda. C) Caliban. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ferdinand. 28. What does Miranda ask when she finds out that Ferdinand is a prince? A) For news from Milan. B) If he loves her. C) If she's cursed. D) What time it is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If he loves her. 29. Who said Caliban was lying? A) Miranda. B) Ariel. C) Stephano. D) With a trill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ariel. 30. When Prospero pulled back the curtain that covered the cave ..... A) Miranda and Ferdinand were talking. B) Miranda and Ferdinand were playing chess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miranda and Ferdinand were playing chess. 31. What is Prospero's relationship to the storm and shipwreck in Act i? A) He was on the ship. B) He learned about the storm from his daughter. C) He made the storm to impress his daughter. D) He caused the storm to shipwreck his enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He caused the storm to shipwreck his enemies. 32. Prospero tested Ferdinand's feelings to ..... A) See how strong he was. B) Get revenge on him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See how strong he was. 33. What does "by whose aid/weakmasters though ye be/I have bedimmed/the noontide sun" . A) He is asking the spirits for help. B) The spirits are not helpful. C) The spirits have helped him with his plan. D) He tried to help the spirits with his magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The spirits have helped him with his plan. 34. Who is an advisor to the King? A) Ferdinand. B) Gonzalo. C) Sebastian. D) The Sailor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gonzalo. 35. Who is the airy spirit that works for Prospero? A) Alonso. B) Caliban. C) Ariel. D) Sycorax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ariel. 36. What term relates to the hierarchy of Jacobean society? A) Colonialism. B) The Chain of Being. C) The Chain of Divinity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Chain of Being. 37. What does Ferdinand compare Miranda to in Act III:Scene i? A) A queen. B) A witch. C) A goddess. D) A servant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A goddess. 38. 'And the breakers talked with Death.' What do you mean by breakers here? A) Violent sailors. B) Violent captain. C) Violent waves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Violent waves. 39. Whivh adjectives describe Miranda best in Act 1? A) Frightful and meek. B) Imaginative and empathetic. C) Wild and hard-hearted. D) Knowledgeable and respectful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imaginative and empathetic. 40. Ariel does Prospero's bidding. What does he beg for in return? A) Power. B) Safety. C) Freedom. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom. 41. When Ariel is freed he intends to A) Fly away from the isle. B) Burn the isle to ashes. C) Live in Prospero's cave. D) Dwell in the tress and among the flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fly away from the isle. 42. An historical myth A) Explains the reason why something is the way it is. For example, the seasons, or the natural world. B) Explains historical events and keeps the memory of that event alive. C) Explains why we act and feel the way we do, and the punishments and rewards the gods give to humans for the choices they make. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explains historical events and keeps the memory of that event alive. 43. Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice (this is what type of figurative language?) A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Pun. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 44. When the king looks into Prospero's cell, he sees A) Miranda and Ferdinand. B) Antonio and Sebastian. C) Ariel and Caliban. D) The lost sailors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miranda and Ferdinand. 45. 'And to hear the rattling trumpet'-the poetic device used here is ..... A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 46. The act of talking to oneself A) Aside. B) Soliloquy. C) Solo speech. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soliloquy. 47. What is the name of Prospero's brother? A) Antonio. B) Alonso. C) Gonzalo. D) Sebastian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio. 48. We thought the ..... came from the frog. A) Tired. B) Hit. C) Wild. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voice. 49. What does Miranda mean when she says:Why speaks my father so ungently? ThisIs the third man that e'er I saw, the firstThat e'er I sighed for. Pity move my fatherTo be inclined my way! A) Prospero needs to give Ferdinand a chance because she hasn't met many other men in her lifetime. B) That Ferdinand is an evil character who she doesn't like. C) That Prospero should attack Ferdinand. D) That she didn't really care what Prospero thought of Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prospero needs to give Ferdinand a chance because she hasn't met many other men in her lifetime. 50. Miranda was ..... years old when they come to the island. A) Goodness. B) 2 year old. C) 1year. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 years. 51. Prospero's younger brother is named A) John. B) Thomas. C) Russell. D) Antonio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonio. 52. Before he was exiled Prospero like to A) Do plays for entertainment. B) Read Books. C) Practice Magic. D) Have dance performances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read Books. 53. Shakespeare's first royal patron. A) The Globe Theatre. B) Donald Trump. C) King James I. D) Queen Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Elizabeth I. 54. What social issues or concepts are discussed to be important to the reading of The Tempest? A) Feminism. B) Marxism. C) Colonization and Slavery. D) New Historicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colonization and Slavery. 55. Prospero can perform magic using the power from his books. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 56. He did not ..... to the directions and so he did it all wrong. A) Hit. B) Listen. C) True. D) Tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listen. 57. Define 'metamorphosis' A) Transform, or change shape. B) A living being, in contrast to a divine being. C) A lesson learned as a result of a story or experience. D) Typical of a person or thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transform, or change shape. 58. My mother helped my aunt take ..... of her new baby. A) Shout. B) King. C) Care. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Care. 59. How many years have they been trapped on the island? A) Nine years. B) Twelve years. C) Ten years. D) Fifteen years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twelve years. 60. Who is the drunken butler? A) Gonzalo. B) Alonso. C) Sebastian. D) Stephano. 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