This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Tempest > The Tempest – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tempest Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is a witch, an old enemy of Prospero A) Prospero. B) Ariel. C) Caliban. D) Sycorax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sycorax. 2. Isn't God upon the oceanJust same as on the land.Who said this? A) Captain. B) Little maiden. C) Sailors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little maiden. 3. ..... is Prospero's good friend A) Antonio. B) Alonso. C) Gonzalo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gonzalo. 4. Who said: "All was desparate:their great guilt, like poison given to work a great time after" ?= A) Prospero. B) Ferdinand. C) Alonso. D) Gonzalo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gonzalo. 5. Do the Royal Party help or hinder the sailors when they appear on deck? A) Hinder. B) Help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinder. 6. Where is this scene set? A) Aboard the ship. B) On the island. C) Back in Milan. D) In a magic forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the island. 7. It is a fearful thing in winter.Who is the speaker? A) Captain. B) Little maiden. C) The poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The poet. 8. How does magic play a significant role in Act 1? Provide examples from the text. A) Prospero uses his magical powers to create the storm and control Ariel. B) Caliban uses his magical powers to summon the storm. C) Ferdinand uses his magical powers to deceive the other characters. D) Miranda uses her magical powers to control the spirits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prospero uses his magical powers to create the storm and control Ariel. 9. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.17. Part A Why does Prospero behave how he does toward Ferdinand? A) Prospero genuinely thinks that Ferdinand is a threat to his power on the island. B) Prospero wants to stir up trouble between Miranda and Ferdinand to bring them closer together. C) Prospero is seeking revenge on King Alonso through his son, Ferdinand. D) Prospero wants to keep Miranda and Ferdinand apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prospero wants to stir up trouble between Miranda and Ferdinand to bring them closer together. 10. What is the meaning of extirpate? A) Founding of something. B) Building up. C) Eradicate or completely destroy something. D) Supporting something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eradicate or completely destroy something. 11. Ferdinand initially falls in love with Miranda due to ..... A) Her beauty. B) Direct pressure from prospero. C) Ariel's enchantment. D) Her intelligence and wit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ariel's enchantment. 12. Prospero and Miranda wanted to teach Caliban. Caliban wanted A) Miranda but she din't want him. B) Miranda and she wanted him. C) To leave the island. D) To stay in his cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miranda but she din't want him. 13. The counselor who bestows provisions to Prospero as he is exiled A) Gonzalo. B) Sebastian. C) Antonio. D) Alonso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gonzalo. 14. With Whom Antonio Made The Alliance To Expell ..... A) King Of Naples, Prospero. B) Duke Of Milan, Miranda. C) King Of Naples, Miranda. D) Duke Of Milan, Prospero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Of Naples, Prospero. 15. She timidly answered, she was no ..... A) Angel. B) Goddess. C) Princess. D) Fairy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goddess. 16. What is the significance of the masque in Act 4 of The Tempest? A) It signifies Prospero's desire to entertain his guests. B) It signifies the celebration of Miranda and Ferdinand's betrothal. C) It signifies the impending doom and tragedy. D) It has no significant meaning in the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It signifies the celebration of Miranda and Ferdinand's betrothal. 17. Which of these things does Caliban NOT promise to Stephano? A) MAGICAL POWERS, VIA ARIEL. B) RULE OF THE ISLAND. C) MIRANDA'S FAVOR. D) FAITHFUL SERVICE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MAGICAL POWERS, VIA ARIEL. 18. Miranda finds out from her father about all of the following EXCEPT A) Her mother's death. B) Her father's former position in Milan. C) How Miranda and Prospero arrived at the Island. D) Her uncle's betrayal of her father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her mother's death. 19. Who plotted to take over Prospero's power and station? A) Antonio. B) Alonso. C) Gonzalo. D) Sebastian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio. 20. The people who settled in the new colonies often made the natives their ..... A) Allies. B) Friends. C) Slaves. D) Leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slaves. 21. What did Ariel do with the mariners? A) Ariel put them to sleep and left them in the ship. B) Ariel left the ship in a deep inlet of the island. The ship was undamaged from the storm. C) Ariel expects Prospero to give him his liberty in exchange for his services. D) Prospero reminds Ariel of the time he saved him from the curse of Sycorax, and now he feels that Ariel owes him his services. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ariel put them to sleep and left them in the ship. 22. Prospero and Miranda have been on the island for 12 years. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 23. Who is the King of Naples in Act 1? A) Alonso. B) Gonzalo. C) Antonio. D) Sebastian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alonso. 24. Who exiled Prospero from Italy A) Antonio and Alonso. B) Sam and potter. C) Albero and Alnico. D) The king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio and Alonso. 25. They say, " ..... love is hard to find." A) Voice. B) Wild. C) Tired. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 26. How do you know who helped Prospero with his plan? A) Because lines 18-19 tell me. B) I like to sing. C) Because lines 8-9 tell me. D) I do not know!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because lines 8-9 tell me. 27. A tempest is a kind of A) Spirit. B) Challenge. C) Storm. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storm. 28. Each one busy with his prayers.They are praying because A) To save their lives. B) They were struck by great storm. C) They were not having food. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were struck by great storm. 29. A person who repents of sin A) Treacherous. B) Merciful. C) Opportune. D) Penitent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Penitent. 30. The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. A) Iambic pentameter. B) Juxtaposition. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 31. My cunning ..... put us in a rotten boat, without oars and sails, and pushed us out to sea. A) Demon. B) Sister. C) Father. D) Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brother. 32. What 'tricks' does Ariel create in Act 3? A) Vision of a Harpy, Rains daggers, and river of blood. B) Vision of a Harpy, Monsters, and music from thin air. C) Vision of a Harpy, ghosts, and a river of blood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vision of a Harpy, Monsters, and music from thin air. 33. What is special about The Tempest? A) It is the only Shakespeare play that doesn't have any female characters at all. B) It is the only Shakespeare play that has references to magic. C) It was probably the last play that Shakespeare ever wrote. D) It is known to be the first play Shakespeare ever published. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was probably the last play that Shakespeare ever wrote. 34. What determined people's place and power in society in Shakespeare's time? A) Social media. B) Economic status. C) Social hierarchy ladder. D) Educational background. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social hierarchy ladder. 35. What did Caliban tell Stephano he can do after he kills Prospero? A) Give him a powerful position. B) Have powers. C) Marry Miranda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marry Miranda. 36. When Ariel makes the banquet disappear, what do the men do? A) Laugh. B) Quietly watch him. C) Run away. D) Draw their swords. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Draw their swords. 37. How does Ariel's role in Act 2 contribute to the overall plot of The Tempest? A) Ariel's role in Act 2 contributes to the overall plot by causing a natural disaster. B) Ariel's role in Act 2 contributes to the overall plot by introducing a love triangle. C) Ariel's role in Act 2 contributes to the overall plot by advancing the themes of power and control through manipulation and conflict. D) Ariel's role in Act 2 has no impact on the overall plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ariel's role in Act 2 contributes to the overall plot by advancing the themes of power and control through manipulation and conflict. 38. Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong; the act of revenge A) Vengeance. B) Vessel. C) Barren. D) Garment. E) Insolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vengeance. 39. Who put Prospero and Miranda on a small boat to die? A) King Alonso and Antonio. B) Dora and Boots. C) Spongebob and Patrick. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Alonso and Antonio. 40. Which best describe Trinculo and Stephano's personalities as Shakespeare presents them in Act IV of The Tempest? A) They are melancholy. B) They are strategic and shrewd. C) They are mostly interested in pleasure. D) They are vengeful toward any who wrong them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are mostly interested in pleasure. 41. Why can't the men attack Ariel with their swords? A) Ariel is flying. B) Their swords disappear. C) The swords become heavy. D) It seems rude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The swords become heavy. 42. Prospero and Miranda have been exiled on the island for ..... years. A) 10. B) 12. C) 8. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 43. Who sat at the very top of the social hierarchy pyramid? A) Nobles. B) King or queen. C) Commoners. D) Gentry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King or queen. 44. What literary device is used in the line 'Full fathom five thy father lies'? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 45. Which of the following is NOT a major theme of The Tempest? A) NEW COLONIAL ISSUES. B) POLITICAL LEGITIMACY. C) FORGIVENESS VS. VENGEANCE. D) REBIRTH THROUGH LOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) REBIRTH THROUGH LOVE. 46. If you can not do something, you are ..... A) Capable. B) Incapable. C) Solitude. D) Alliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incapable. 47. What is a soliloquy? A) I was asleep when you explain this word. B) When one person on stage is speaking while other actors are on stage with him. C) An act. D) When the main character is on stage alone talking about their plans and thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the main character is on stage alone talking about their plans and thoughts. 48. What does Ariel do to lead the men (Act 3.2) astray and interrupt their plans? A) Becomes visible. B) Beats them. C) Plays music. D) Brings Prospero to them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plays music. 49. We are lost ..... shouted A) Maiden. B) Sailors. C) Captain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captain. 50. What does Ariel's appearance as a harpy represent in Act III, scene iii? A) The arrival of a new character. B) The climax of Prospero's revenge. C) The beginning of a new conflict. D) The end of the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The climax of Prospero's revenge. 51. What does "tempest" mean? A) A tsunami. B) A violent and windy storm. C) A desert. D) A destructive earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A violent and windy storm. 52. Who is Stephano? A) A Nobleman. B) Alonso's drunken butler. C) And yes. D) A sailor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alonso's drunken butler. 53. What is Caliban's relationship to Prospero? A) Caliban is the boss. B) Caliban is a servant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caliban is a servant. 54. Why did Prospero lose his throne? A) He ignored state affairs and studied. B) He was busy traveling. C) He fell in love with the wrong woman. D) He was sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He ignored state affairs and studied. 55. Why does Stephano relish the idea of becoming the rule of the island kingdom? A) It is beautiful. B) The music is free. C) He likes islands. D) He will be rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The music is free. 56. What was the name of Caliban's mother? A) Miranda. B) Ariel. C) Sycorax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sycorax. 57. '' I wish myself were mudded in that oozy bed where my son lies"What type of figurative language is this? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 58. Which lines from Act I, Scene 2 describe Prospero? A) "the prime duke, being so reputed / In dignity" (lines 72-73). B) "set all hearts i' th' state / To what tune pleased his ear" (lines84-85). C) "he did believe / He was indeed the Duke" (line 102-103). D) "he needs will be / Absolute Milan" (lines 109-110). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "the prime duke, being so reputed / In dignity" (lines 72-73). 59. What is the reason for the shipwreck? A) A pirate attack. B) A navigation error. C) A mechanical failure. D) A violent tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A violent tempest. 60. SHAKESPEARE TRIVIA!:The scientific community has honored The Tempest in what fashion? A) The moons of Uranus are named after Tempest characters. B) A species of frogs discovered in Africa are named after Prospero and Miranda. C) A series of rivers in South America are named after the magical characters:Ariel, Caliban, and Sycorax. D) Many of the periodic elements are named after the spirits mentioned in the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The moons of Uranus are named after Tempest characters. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Tempest Quiz 1The Tempest Quiz 2The Tempest Quiz 3The Tempest Quiz 4The Tempest Quiz 6The Tempest Quiz 7The Tempest Quiz 8The Tempest Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books