This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Tempest > The Tempest – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tempest Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who fell in love with Miranda? A) Ferdinand. B) Alonso. C) Shakespeare. D) With a trill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ferdinand. 2. (adj) Diligent and hardworking A) Vessel. B) Garment. C) Barren. D) Industrious. E) Insolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrious. 3. ..... was the first who leaped into the sea. A) Ferdinand. B) Prospero. C) Alonzo. D) Ganzalo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ferdinand. 4. What is the function of Act 3? A) To introduce the characters. B) To be initial complication of the play. C) To resolve the problems. D) To be the climax of the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be the climax of the play. 5. What does the farmer see? A) His house. B) His pastures and his fields of grains. C) His tree. D) His cow and other animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His pastures and his fields of grains. 6. What does Prospero mean by "and by the spurs plucked up / the pine and cedar" ? A) He has summoned horses. B) He has destroyed buildings. C) He has uprooted trees. D) He has cut the branches from trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has uprooted trees. 7. Why is Ariel indebted to Prospero? A) Prospero promised Miranda's hand in marraige to Ariel. B) Prospero rescued Ariel from Caliban. C) Prospero freed Ariel from a tree in which he had been imprisoned. D) Prospero was nice to him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prospero freed Ariel from a tree in which he had been imprisoned. 8. The king and the rest could not recognize Prospero because: A) They were confused due to the spell. B) They were blind. C) He looked really different. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were confused due to the spell. 9. Miranda said her father would not be back for a long time because he was A) With Caliban. B) Reading his books. C) Carrying wood. D) Doing magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading his books. 10. Solemn music is used in this scene A) To introduce Prospero to his usurpers. B) To frighten the usurpers. C) To cause panic to the audience. D) To add to the mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To introduce Prospero to his usurpers. 11. A Shakespearean romance typically features dark themes with hints of violence. Which of the following best describes a dark and violent theme Shakespeare introduces in Act I of The Tempest? A) The sweetness of love at first sight. B) The danger of uncontrolled passions. C) The permanence of familial loyalty. D) The wisdom acquired with experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The danger of uncontrolled passions. 12. What are the main themes in The Tempest and how are they portrayed? A) War, revenge, and loyalty. B) Nature, freedom, and justice. C) Power, colonization, and magic. D) Love, betrayal, and forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Power, colonization, and magic. 13. Describe Ariel's interactions with other characters in the play. A) Ariel interacts with characters such as Hamlet, Ophelia, and King Lear in the play. B) Ariel interacts with characters such as Romeo, Juliet, and Macbeth in the play. C) Ariel interacts with characters such as Puck, Oberon, and Titania in the play. D) Ariel interacts with characters such as Prospero, Caliban, and Ferdinand in the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel interacts with characters such as Prospero, Caliban, and Ferdinand in the play. 14. Whom does Caliban compare to a jesting monkey in line 4? A) Ariel. B) With a trill. C) Stephano. D) Prospero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a trill. 15. How does the relationship between Miranda and Ferdinand evolve in Act 5? A) They become indifferent towards each other. B) They become enemies. C) Their relationship remains stagnant. D) Deeper and more mature love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deeper and more mature love. 16. Prospero thought that Ferdinand ..... A) Was going to be a bad husband for Miranda. B) Was going to be a good husband for Miranda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was going to be a good husband for Miranda. 17. Explain the relationship between power and control in The Tempest and how it relates to the main messages of the play. A) The relationship between power and control is irrelevant to the main messages of the play. B) The play does not address the theme of power and control at all. C) The relationship between power and control is central to the main messages of the play. D) Power and control are only important in the subplot of the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The relationship between power and control is central to the main messages of the play. 18. The circus clown did a ..... trick in the show. A) Care. B) Shout. C) Magic. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magic. 19. Where did Prospero and Miranda end up? A) At the zoo. B) On an island. C) At the train station. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On an island. 20. Who joins forces with the drunken sailors to take over the island? A) Miranda. B) Caliban. C) Ariel. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caliban. 21. What really put Miranda to sleep? A) Caliban's magic. B) Ariel's magic. C) Prospero's magic. D) Ferdinand's magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prospero's magic. 22. Which play is considered a Romance? A) Macbeth. B) Hamlet. C) KIng Lear. D) The Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Tempest. 23. Who was Prospero's borther? A) Antonio. B) Ferdinand. C) Anthony. D) Naple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio. 24. I ..... the nail on the head. A) Tired. B) Hit. C) True. D) Listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hit. 25. What made the men fall asleep? A) Ariel's magic music. B) Too much talking. C) Looking for food and water. D) Running from a lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ariel's magic music. 26. Which character is the king of Naples in the play? A) Alonso. B) Sebastian. C) Ferdinand. D) Gonzalo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alonso. 27. What is Prospero's relationship to the storm and the shipwreck? A) He caused the storm to shipwreck his enemies. B) He learned of the shipwreck from his daughter. C) He conjured the storm to impress his daughter. D) He was on the ship that wrecked in the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He caused the storm to shipwreck his enemies. 28. To move to action:stir up:spur on:urge on A) Usurp. B) Incite. C) Supplant. D) Rectify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incite. 29. They lived in a cave made out of ..... A) Bricks. B) Wood. C) Cement. D) Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rock. 30. True or False:Caliban is a spirit who serves Prospero. A) Not sure. B) Maybe. C) True. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False. 31. The storm was a natural event. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. True or False:Prospero is the rightful Duke of Milan. A) Not sure. B) False. C) True. D) Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 33. How does Miranda react to the news that Ferdinand is a prince? A) She seems unconcerned. B) She is disgusted. C) She is excited. D) She is awed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She seems unconcerned. 34. What other character has just been scene performing the same task? A) Caliban. B) Prospero. C) With a trill. D) Miranda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caliban. 35. Prospero most often describes Gonzalo as: A) WICKED. B) ARROGANT. C) WISE. D) HONEST. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HONEST. 36. What does Caliban say that himself, Stephano, and Trinculo must do to take the power from Prospero? A) Fight him physically. B) Steal his books. C) Abduct Miranda. D) Use magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steal his books. 37. My father is very ..... about many things. A) Wise. B) Feel. C) Place. D) Wonderful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wise. 38. How does the theme of power and control play out in Act 5 of The Tempest? A) Power and control are not significant themes in Act 5. B) Act 5 shows Prospero's relinquishment of power and control. C) Act 5 shows Prospero's desire to maintain power and control over the island. D) Act 5 shows the characters' struggle for power and control over each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act 5 shows Prospero's relinquishment of power and control. 39. We couldn't have our picnic because of the ..... A) Brother. B) King. C) Storm. D) Shout. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storm. 40. Meaning of-grave faces A) Detectives. B) Crap. C) Faces with serious looks. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faces with serious looks. 41. Ferdinand offers to carry what object for Miranda? A) Salt. B) Wood. C) Stones. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wood. 42. The Tempest is Shakespeare's ..... A) Final Play. B) First Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Final Play. 43. What did John Dee become? A) Someone who everyone loved. B) A disgraced and impoverished figure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A disgraced and impoverished figure. 44. The scene with Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano is mostly A) In prose. B) In rhyming couplets. C) In blank verse. D) In stychomithia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In prose. 45. The ..... rode his horse in the parade. A) Shout. B) King. C) Care. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King. 46. Which statement best describes the relationship of Prospero and Caliban? A) Caliban is Prospero's faithful servant. B) Prospero hopes Miranda will marry Caliban. C) Caliban thinks Prospero stole his inheritance. D) Prospero's magic has no power over Caliban. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caliban thinks Prospero stole his inheritance. 47. Which character is Prospero's brother? A) Gonzalo. B) Ariel. C) Ferdinand. D) Antonio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonio. 48. How are the interactions between Prospero and his slaves different? A) Caliban curses Prospero and openly, but Ariel is more submissive and eager to please. B) Prospero is kind to Caliban but cruel to Ariel because of what Ariel did. C) Ariel is more rebellious toward Prospero while Caliban is happy to serve. D) He treats them both kindly because they have served him faithfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caliban curses Prospero and openly, but Ariel is more submissive and eager to please. 49. Where do Antonio, Sebastian, and Gonzalo go when the mariners cry out? A) To the lifeboats. B) To look for the king. C) Back to Tunis. D) Overboard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To look for the king. 50. Prospero is tired. After he makes things right for everyone. Prosper will A) Give up magic. B) Go to sleep. C) Will become a spirit. D) Stay on the island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go to sleep. 51. Prospero put the king and the rest out of the spell using A) Music. B) Ariel's power. C) Circles on the sand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Music. 52. What is the meaning of spectacle A) Hidden away. B) Visually striking or appealing. C) Normality of something. D) Ordianary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visually striking or appealing. 53. Who were seen as the VIPs of society? A) Commoners. B) Gentry. C) Nobles. D) Servants and laborers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nobles. 54. What was the role of the king or queen in the Divine Right of Kings? A) Were wealthy landowners. B) Had ultimate power. C) Advised the nobles. D) Owned lots of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had ultimate power. 55. Caliban married Miranda. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 56. Fathom (as used in The Tempest) A) Something apparent to sense but with no substantial existence. B) To search into and explore very thoroughly:subject to a penetrating investigation. C) To penetrate and come to understand. D) A unit of length equal to 1, 83 metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A unit of length equal to 1, 83 metres. 57. What supernatural elements are present in Act III of The Tempest? A) Ariel and magical banquet. B) Vampires and werewolves. C) Zombies and ghosts. D) Witches and wizards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ariel and magical banquet. 58. Incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed A) Immune. B) Valiant. C) Invulnerable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invulnerable. 59. Who is Prospero's daughter? A) Miranda. B) Juliet. C) Julie. D) Amanda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miranda. 60. When Miranda discovers her father is creating the storm that is sinking the ship, what does she do? A) She helps him by giving him his magic cloak. B) She laughs and claps. C) She is glad because she knows the ship's inhabitants exiled her and her father to the island. D) She begs him to stop because she cannot bear to think of people suffering. 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