The Tempest Act 1 Quiz (Act I)

The Tempest Act 1 questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. How did Prospero lose his dukedom of Milan?
   He gave it up to study magic in exile · The people of Milan voted him out of power · Alonso conquered Milan in open battle · His brother Antonio seized it with Naples' help
2. Who secretly helped Prospero and Miranda when they were set adrift?
   Ariel, who steered the boat to the island · Sebastian, who hid them from Antonio · Gonzalo, who gave them food and books · Ferdinand's mother, the Queen of Naples
3. How does Caliban claim a right to the island?
   Ariel granted it to him as a reward · It was his mother Sycorax's before Prospero came · He found it empty when he was shipwrecked · Prospero promised it to him for his service
4. Why does Ariel serve Prospero, though he longs to be free?
   Prospero freed him from a cloven pine · Prospero holds his mother captive · Ariel hopes to marry Miranda one day · Sycorax ordered Ariel to obey him
5. Caliban says his profit from learning language is that he knows how to curse. What is he pointing to?
   He cannot learn any words but curses · Miranda taught him only to swear · He prefers his mother's language · Education has served his masters, not him

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Original questions written for Pagine. Quotations are from the public-domain text.