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1
What is Shakespeare symbolically saying in the play
He will no longer create the magic of writing.
He will write again.
2
Alonso helped this character usurp the dukedom
Gonzalo
Antonio
Stephano
Propsero
3
What happened to criminals who committed crimes?
They were cast out to sea.
They were tortured and beheaded if guilty.
None of the above.
They are captured.
4
Prospero is an actor-director of sorts. This means...
He is the only one we hear from.
He tells the story and is in control of the situation.
He wrote the play.
He directs the play.
5
What was the courtship process called?
"Wooing"
Love notes
Poetry
Dating
6
Trinculo is the court jester. In other words he is the,
The only kind hearted character
Ambassador
A friend of Alonso.
Court entertainer
7
When was "The Tempest" first performed?
Halloween
Christmas 1601
November 1, 1611
It was never performed.
8
The banquet scene is highly symbolic of the sequence,
birth-love-death
None of the aboce
sin-punishment-atonement
birth-heartbreak-death
9
What two things are special about "The Tempest"?
It is a romance.
It is Shakespeare's worst work.
It is his finest poetry and blank verse.
It was the only play ever performed.
10
Shakespeare's theatre was called
William Shakespeare's Palace
The Circle
The Globe Theatre
The Theatre
11
One possible source of inspiration for this play is
A shipwreck in the Bermudas in 1609.
Royal family.
Unpublished manuscripts.
Emotions.
12
Why is the masque used in "The Tempest"
To celebrate the usurp of the dukedom.
To celebrate the end of the English Civil War.
To celebrate the upcoming marriage of Miranda and Ferdinand.
To celebrate Prospero's death.
13
One reference to the New World is,
Boating
"Bermudas"
Trinculo
Sleep
14
Ferdinand is the love of this character's life
Miranda
Ariel
Caliban
15
Many of Shakespeare's plays end with a message of...
Desperation
Hope & Forgiveness
Misery
Sorrow & Tragedy
