The Tempest Final Test: Whole-Play Quiz

The Tempest Whole Play questions

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

1. Where is The Tempest set?
   The court of the Duke of Milan · A ship sailing to Tunis · A remote island ruled by Prospero · A forest outside Athens
2. Who raises the storm that wrecks the royal ship?
   Caliban, using Sycorax's spells · Ariel, at Prospero's command · A real storm with no magic in it · Prospero's brother Antonio
3. How does Prospero treat Ariel and Caliban differently?
   He bargains with Ariel but threatens Caliban · He trusts Caliban more than Ariel · He has already freed both of them · He treats them both as equals
4. Which classical rule does The Tempest observe unusually closely?
   Every scene of the play takes place in Milan · Each act is told by a different narrator · A chorus explains the action before each act · The action takes about the same time as a performance
5. How do many modern readers interpret Prospero's rule over the island?
   As a model of fair government · As a warning against travel · As a picture of colonial power · As a celebration of magic
6. What finally drives the resolution of the play?
   Alonso's victory over Antonio in battle · Prospero's choice to forgive his enemies · Caliban's confession of his plot · Ariel's refusal to obey any more
7. What reward does Ariel receive at the end?
   His freedom · The rule of the island · Miranda's lasting friendship · A place at the court of Naples
8. Prospero says of Caliban, 'this thing of darkness I acknowledge mine'. What might this admit?
   That Caliban is his long-lost son · That he plans to take Caliban to Milan · That Caliban was right all along · Some responsibility for what Caliban has become
9. Which character is the clearest picture of loyal goodness among the shipwrecked lords?
   Antonio · Sebastian · Gonzalo · Stephano
10. What is the 'tempest' of the title, beyond the storm itself?
    A war about to break out across Italy · The inner turmoil Prospero stirs and feels · Caliban's fury at losing his island · Miranda's grief for her lost mother

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