This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Tempest > The Tempest – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tempest Quiz 18 (52 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is formal language? A) The author uses complex language and structures. B) The author uses acronyms or abbreviations when writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author uses complex language and structures. 2. An utterance not meant to be heard by someone A) Complaint. B) Aside. C) Soliloquy. D) Vigilance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aside. 3. Who stole the title of king from Prospero A) Caliban. B) Antonio. C) Ferdinand. D) Abdullah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonio. 4. What is a mariner? A) A sailor. B) A royal. C) A noble. D) A fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sailor. 5. It was hard to ..... to the teacher because of the noise. A) Wild. B) Hit. C) Voice. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Listen. 6. Which god disguised himself as a traveller and went to visit Lycaon? A) Poseidon. B) Apollo. C) Zeus. D) Thor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeus. 7. How do Antonio and Sebastian reveal their true nature during the storm? A) They hide at the bottom of the ship. B) They swim away. C) They swear. D) They help the Boatswain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They swear. 8. Synonym for earth. A) Visit. B) Neck. C) Lion. D) World. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World. 9. Who encourages Prospero to feel sympathy toward the nobles in Act 5? A) Miranda. B) Ariel. C) Gonzalo. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gonzalo. 10. Ferdinand fell in love with A) Prospero. B) Sycorax. C) Miranda. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miranda. 11. Who is the King of Naples in The Tempest? A) Alonso. B) Antonio. C) Prospero. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alonso. 12. Discuss the character of Ariel and his significance in conveying the main messages of The Tempest. A) Prospero. B) Caliban. C) Miranda. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel. 13. Which character is an ugly monster who is controlled by Prospero? A) Miranda. B) Ariel. C) Caliban. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caliban. 14. One who inherits or is entitled to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office A) Heir. B) Merciful. C) Succession. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heir. 15. Ariel used to work for A) Prospero. B) Sycorax. C) The king. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sycorax. 16. What was the Elizabethan perspective on magic and witchcraft? A) It was real; it was cultivated and learned. B) It was real; it was terrifying and shunned. C) It was fake, a thing of childhood tales. D) It was fake, an affront to Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was real; it was cultivated and learned. 17. Ferdinand and Miranda A) Hated each other. B) Helped each other. C) Fell in love with each other. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell in love with each other. 18. What is the significance of Prospero's renunciation of magic in Act 5 of The Tempest? A) It signifies Prospero's desire to return to his old life as a duke. B) It signifies Prospero's fear of the power of magic. C) It signifies Prospero's growth and transformation, showing his readiness to embrace a life without magic. D) It signifies Prospero's disappointment with magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It signifies Prospero's growth and transformation, showing his readiness to embrace a life without magic. 19. What was the social hierarchy like in Shakespeare's time? A) A circle. B) A triangle. C) A square. D) A ladder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A ladder. 20. What is the meaning of the word insolent? A) Polite and respectful. B) Rude, arrogant and lack of respect. C) Manners. D) Kind and respectful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rude, arrogant and lack of respect. 21. What is the meaning of perfidious A) Honest. B) Loyal. C) Faithful. D) Deceitful and untrustworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deceitful and untrustworthy. 22. Ferdinand and Miranda promised to A) Read together. B) Carry wood together. C) Marry each other. D) Plan a surprise for Prospero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marry each other. 23. The native to the island who is a slave to Prospero. A) Sycorax. B) Ariel. C) Caliban. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caliban. 24. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.11. Part A Which of the following best characterizes Miranda as Shakespeare presents her in Act I of The Tempest? A) Deceitful and sly. B) Frivolous and silly. C) Studious and bookish. D) Kind and compassionate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kind and compassionate. 25. But sure with ..... I can bear A) Sorrow. B) Joy. C) Patience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patience. 26. What form does Ariel take to threaten the 'sinners' in the royal court? A) A vampire. B) A ghost. C) A harpy. D) A wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A harpy. 27. How does the epilogue provide closure to the audience in The Tempest? A) By emphasizing the importance of revenge and holding onto grudges. B) By addressing the themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, and the idea of letting go of the past. C) By introducing new conflicts and unresolved issues. D) By leaving the fate of the characters uncertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By addressing the themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, and the idea of letting go of the past. 28. Prospero's 15 year old daughter A) Narrator. B) Miranda. C) I'm ready. D) Ariel. E) In Clai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miranda. 29. The king approved Ferdinand's marriage because: A) Miranda was Prospero's daughter. B) Miranda looked like a goddess. C) Ferdinand and Miranda were in love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ferdinand and Miranda were in love. 30. Constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied A) Opportune. B) Swamped. C) Industrious. D) Vigilant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrious. 31. Prospero had commented ..... to pile up some heavy logs of wood A) Gonzalo. B) Aerial. C) Ferdinand. D) Caliban. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ferdinand. 32. Why was Ariel left imprisoned for 12 years? A) Ariel put them to sleep and left them in the ship. B) Ariel was left in the "cloven pine" because the old witch, Sycorax, had died in the meantime. C) Ariel expects Prospero to give him his liberty in exchange for his services. D) Sycorax imprisoned Ariel in a "cloven pine.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ariel was left in the "cloven pine" because the old witch, Sycorax, had died in the meantime. 33. "The winds sing it to me, and the thunder, that deep and dreadful organ-pipe pronnounce'd the name of Prospero; it did base my trespass" A) Paradox. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 34. Had did Ferdinand end up on the island? A) He wanted to go on an adventure and ended up there. B) He got lost at sea. C) Prospero caused a storm that resulted all aboard to wash up on the island. D) He lived there in the pas t and cam e back to visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prospero caused a storm that resulted all aboard to wash up on the island. 35. John had to ..... over the noise of the airplane. A) King. B) Shout. C) Brother. D) Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shout. 36. Who said:Thou wast that did preserve me. A) Ariel. B) Prospero. C) Miranda. D) Caliban. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prospero. 37. Who edited The Tempest A) Cedric. B) Cedric Watts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cedric Watts. 38. The niece of Antonio. A) Miranda. B) Sycorax. C) Raided. D) Scorax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miranda. 39. The character who exiles his brother. A) Antonio. B) Alonso. C) Gonzalo. D) Sebastian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio. 40. What kind of person in Miranda? A) Evil and manipulative. B) Selfish she only cares about herself. C) Sweet and caring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweet and caring. 41. Who is the usurping brother of Prospero? A) Caliban. B) Sebastian. C) Ferdinand. D) Antonio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonio. 42. What does "brave" in "Brave new world" mean?(The title Brave New World derives Act V, Scene I:O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! ) A) Gutsy / brave. B) Grieve. C) Positive. D) Beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beauty. 43. It's dangerous to be ..... in the middle of a storm. A) On the deck. B) Under the deck. C) In the cabin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the deck. 44. Who is he? Alonso's Jester A) Caliban. B) With a trill. C) Stefano. D) Prospero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a trill. 45. What is the significance of Stephano and Trinculo's arrival in Act 2? A) Stephano and Trinculo's arrival symbolizes the arrival of a storm. B) Their arrival introduces a new subplot involving a love triangle. C) Their arrival adds comic relief and contributes to the theme of drunkenness and foolishness. D) Their arrival highlights the theme of betrayal and revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their arrival adds comic relief and contributes to the theme of drunkenness and foolishness. 46. What is the resolution of the play in Act 5? A) Tragic death of all characters. B) Reconciliation and forgiveness, restoration of order and harmony. C) Betrayal and chaos. D) Unresolved conflict and tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reconciliation and forgiveness, restoration of order and harmony. 47. I am described as a fish and a monster, I use a lot of insults and I will work hard if you tame me. Who am I? A) Ariel. B) Caliban. C) With a trill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caliban. 48. What are the "chapters" of a play? A) Acts. B) Chapters. C) Units. D) Scenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts. 49. To look after; to be concerned for. A) Brother. B) King. C) Care. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Care. 50. Who is the shipwrecked nobleman in Act 1? A) Malvolio. B) Viola. C) Olivia. D) Orsino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viola. 51. How do the courtiers realise that they have been tricked? A) They see Ariel. B) Their clothes are dry. C) Food appears magically. D) Caliban tells them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their clothes are dry. 52. True or False:The Tempest is set on a deserted island. A) Maybe. B) False. C) True. D) Not sure. 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