The Tempest Act 3 Quiz (Act III)

The Tempest Act 3 questions

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

1. What task has Prospero set Ferdinand?
   Guarding the cell from Caliban · Carrying thousands of heavy logs · Rowing out to rescue his father · Copying the spells from his books
2. How does Miranda break from what her father has taught her in this scene?
   She tells Ferdinand her name and proposes · She runs away to find the shipwrecked court · She frees Ariel without Prospero's leave · She refuses Ferdinand and returns to her father
3. What do Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo plot to do?
   Steal a boat and escape the island · Burn down Prospero's cell at night · Capture Ariel and sell him in Naples · Kill Prospero and seize his books
4. Caliban's speech beginning 'the isle is full of noises' surprises many readers. Why?
   It is the only speech he ever gives in prose · He reveals here that he can perform magic · The 'monster' speaks some of the play's finest verse · He speaks it to Prospero as an apology
5. Why does Ariel, disguised as a harpy, snatch away the banquet?
   To punish the sailors for causing the storm · To confront the 'three men of sin' with their crime · To stop Caliban from stealing all the food · To test whether old Gonzalo is truly loyal

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