This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Tempest > The Tempest – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Tempest Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... learned Magic. A) Antonio. B) Caliban. C) Prospero. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prospero. 2. What does Prospero reveal about himself in this soliloquy? A) He reveals that he is a powerful magician. The evidence is the powerful storm he created. He also reveals that he is ready to give up his magic. B) He will never give up his magic. C) He's obsessed with power. D) He's cute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He reveals that he is a powerful magician. The evidence is the powerful storm he created. He also reveals that he is ready to give up his magic. 3. What does Ferdinand assure Miranda of in Act III:Scene i? A) His wealth. B) His love. C) His power. D) His freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His love. 4. Yare in this line means: "Yare, lower, lower, bring her to try with main course." A) Here. B) There. C) Fast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fast. 5. Before Prospero left the island, he dismissed ..... from his service. A) Alonso. B) Sycorax. C) Gonzalo. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel. 6. Who is Prospero's brother who overthrew him? A) Alonso. B) Caliban. C) Sebastian. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alonso. 7. How did Prospero test the love of Ferdinand? A) By setting hard task. B) By making him disappear. C) By pampering him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By setting hard task. 8. Why not a soul would dare to sleep? A) They were hungry so they could not go to sleep. B) They were thirsty so they could not go to sleep. C) They were afraid of night. D) They were afraid of the violent storm and thought that it will destroy them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They were afraid of the violent storm and thought that it will destroy them. 9. A heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, or a violent outbreak of thunder and lightning, usually with strong winds. A) Magic. B) King. C) Shout. D) Storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Storm. 10. My dad likes to ..... me and my friends how to garden. A) Wood. B) Teach. C) Drown. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teach. 11. What is Prospero describing in lines 10-15? A) A storm he has created. B) The power of the gods. C) The color of the landscape. D) A war that has broken out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A storm he has created. 12. The Tempest was published the same year as the King James Bible. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. What is the effect of the alliteration in lines 96-97? A) It enhances Caliban's monstrousness. B) It mimics the patterns of spell casting. C) It gives the description a musical quality. D) It undercuts Caliban's affection for the island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It gives the description a musical quality. 14. The King of Naples is named A) Ferdinand. B) Alonso. C) Fredrick. D) Antonio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alonso. 15. Before Prospero was exiled he was A) King of England. B) Duke of Whales. C) King of Milan. D) Duke of Milan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Duke of Milan. 16. Prospero's kingdom was: A) Turned into a democracy. B) Taken by Alonso and added to his kingdom. C) Taken by his brother Antonio. D) Conquered and taken in war. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taken by his brother Antonio. 17. To inherit sovereignty, rank, or title A) Supplant. B) Succeed. C) Heir. D) Usurp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Succeed. 18. Given your knowledge of suffixes, choose the word that means 'full of contempt.' A) Contemptuous. B) Contemptible. C) Contemplated. D) Contemporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemptuous. 19. The Sprite who causes the storm. A) Prospero. B) Sycorax. C) Caliban. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel. 20. 'Nay, good, be patient.'-Who is the speaker? To whom is he appealing? A) Shipmaster ; to the boatswain. B) Gonzalo ; to the boatswain. C) Boatswain ; to the royal party. D) Sebastian ; to Antonio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gonzalo ; to the boatswain. 21. These toys ..... to Sarah. A) Belong. B) Air. C) Yourself. D) Swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belong. 22. ..... is the heir to the crown of Naples A) Ariel. B) Ferdinand. C) Prospero. D) Miranda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ferdinand. 23. "What's past is Prologue" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 24. What does Prospero reveal to Miranda about her heritage? A) He was once the Duke of Milan. B) He was once the King of England. C) His mother was a magical witch. D) He was born in the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was once the Duke of Milan. 25. What is the main conflict of The Tempest? A) Man vs. nature. B) Man vs. society. C) Man vs. man. D) Man vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. man. 26. Who caused the the tempest, the storm? A) Antonio. B) Prospero and Ariel. C) Miranda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prospero and Ariel. 27. What is turmoil? A) Calmness. B) A type of plane engine. C) Commotion, confusion. D) Solitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commotion, confusion. 28. Who is the spirit-servant to Prospero? A) Miranda. B) Caliban. C) Gonzalo. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel. 29. In a school play, Samuel is playing the character of Prospero. During the performance, he speaks the line "My tricksy spirit!" . What emotion should Samuel, as Prospero, likely show when speaking this line? A) Anger and wrath. B) Joy or amusement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joy or amusement. 30. What is the meaning of fortitude? A) Courage in pain. B) Faint of heart. C) Heartedness. D) Fearfullness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Courage in pain. 31. Caliban told Trinculo and Stephano A) Prosper took away his island. B) He was a spirit. C) He was king of the island. D) Prospero had a surprise for him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prosper took away his island. 32. Shakespeare's The Tempest is a fully fictional story with a light-hearted mood and a happy ending. Because of this, we know it must be a ..... A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) History tagsL.9-10.6. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 33. How does Ariel influence the plot of The Tempest? A) Ariel has no influence on the plot. B) Ariel is a minor character with no impact on the story. C) Ariel's actions have no effect on the outcome of the play. D) Ariel carries out Prospero's commands, manipulates other characters, and helps resolve conflicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ariel carries out Prospero's commands, manipulates other characters, and helps resolve conflicts. 34. What does Prospero make Ferdinand do in order to prove his love for Miranda? A) Move water. B) Move trees. C) Move rocks. D) Move logs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Move logs. 35. Antonio placed in the boat, water, provisions and apparel. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. What do they King and the Prince do as the ship goes down? A) They offer to help. B) They go below deck to pray. C) They jump ship. D) They hide on the ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They go below deck to pray. 37. A boy or man of the same parent(s). A) Care. B) King. C) Brother. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brother. 38. Given your knowledge of the suffix-ous, identify the best definition of glamorous. A) Having the quality of glamour. B) To take away glamour. C) To give or add glamour to. D) The opposite of glamour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having the quality of glamour. 39. Heavenly; supremely good. A) Barren. B) Vessel. C) Insolent. D) Celestial. E) Garment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Celestial. 40. What did the nobles own in society? A) Influence in local areas. B) Different jobs. C) Fancy titles. D) Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land. 41. Who wrote The Tempest A) William Wordsworth. B) Davis Walliams. C) William Keates. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Shakespeare. 42. Who helped Prospero and Miranda to flee Italy? A) Antonio. B) Sebastian. C) Gonzalo. D) Ferdinand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gonzalo. 43. "I drink the air before me, and return Or ere your pulse twice beats" This is an example of Ariel's A) Excitement. B) Obedience. C) Loyalty. D) Submissiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excitement. 44. What King James' book called? A) The Wonders of Witchcraft. B) Demonology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demonology. 45. A condition of great distress, physical or mental A) Barren. B) Insolent. C) Garment. D) Affliction. E) Vessel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affliction. 46. An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; unable to sustain life A) Vessel. B) Barren. C) Insolent. D) Carcass. E) Garment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barren. 47. How do you know that Prospero will give up doing magic? A) Because it says so on lines 1 and 2. B) Because it says do on lines 18-19. C) I do not know. D) GO BEARCATS!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it says do on lines 18-19. 48. Who helped Antonio become the Duke of Milan? A) Prospero. B) Miranda. C) King Alonso. D) The sailors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prospero. 49. My sister was ..... with my brother because he took her doll away. A) Frighten. B) Strange. C) Crawled. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Angry. 50. ..... cut away the mast. A) Rain. B) Flood. C) Thunder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thunder. 51. Seeming to have a super power to change things; charms, spells. A) Shout. B) King. C) Magic. D) Care. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magic. 52. What character says, "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep." A) Caliban. B) Miranda. C) Prospero. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prospero. 53. Antonio took Miranda and Prospero to A) A new city. B) A new island. C) A new town. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A new island. 54. What does Gonzalo suggest the mariners do? A) Sail for the shore. B) Pray for the king. C) Leave the boat. D) Hang the boatswain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pray for the king. 55. Alonso is king of what Italian realm? A) LOMBARDY. B) TUSCANY. C) VENICE. D) NAPLES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NAPLES. 56. When Ariel sang to Ferdinand, he A) He drowned. B) Could see Ariel. C) Could not see Ariel. D) Fell asleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Could not see Ariel. 57. What is the significance of the island in The Tempest? A) It symbolizes power and control. B) It is a magical and fantastical place. C) It represents freedom and justice. D) It is a setting for love and betrayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It symbolizes power and control. 58. With heavy ..... I often hear A) Rain. B) Sighs. C) Dark. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sighs. 59. In the opening of this scene, what are the nobles doing while the storm rages? A) Cursing the storm. B) Annoying the boatswain. C) Plotting their next action. D) Helping the boatswain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annoying the boatswain. 60. Prospero tests Ferdinand's love for his daughter by: A) ASSIGNING HIM FEATS OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH. B) ASKING HIM TO TRACK DOWN CALIBAN. C) MAKING HIM A SERVANT. D) MAKING HIM PERFORM MAGIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MAKING HIM A SERVANT. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Tempest Quiz 1The Tempest Quiz 2The Tempest Quiz 3The Tempest Quiz 4The Tempest Quiz 5The Tempest Quiz 7The Tempest Quiz 8The Tempest Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books