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Name ________________________Date ________The Tempest by William ShakespeareTestA. Thinking About the PlayCircle the letter of the best answer.1. What main action in the play is mirrored and parodied in the subplot involving Caliban,Trinculo, and Stephano?a. Ferdinand's servitude to Prosperob. the storm that wrecks the shipc. Prospero's intention to stage a masqued. Antonio and Sebastian's plan to kill King Alonso and seize his kingdom2. What does the disguised Ariel say to the banqueters when the banquet vanishes?a. He tells them that they have sinned and he has made them mad.b. He offers them full pardons for their crimes.c. He promises to help them return to Italy.d. He urges them to beg Prospero's forgiveness.3. What is one example of the theme of magical transformation in Act I?a. Ariel disguises himself as a harpy.b. Miranda and Ferdinand fall in love at first sight.c. Prospero stages a masque.d. A banquet appears and then disappears.4. What word has the same meaning as mettle?a. fear c. strangenessb. courage d. wickedness5. What is one way that Shakespeare develops the theme of the nature of civilization?a. by having Prospero ask the audience to pay for God's mercy to himb. by staging a masquec. by showing how the Europeans Antonio and Sebastian behave on the islandd. by introducing Ariel as Prospero's helper6. Circle the word that means the same as auspicious in the following sentence: Prospero promises the courtiers auspicious winds for their trip back to Italy. a. rigorous c. penitentb. blustery d. favorable7. Why does Prospero seem a bit sad among the general rejoicing that concludes Act V?a. He is disturbed by his brother's successful efforts to usurp his dukedom.b. He is concerned that Caliban and Ariel will be living alone on the island.c. He must confront his own mortality, away from his magical island.d. He disapproves of his daughter's marriage to Ferdinand.© Prentice-Hall, Inc. 99