1. What is the name of the magician who is the protagonist of The Tempest? **Prospero**
2. What island does the play take place on? **An enchanted island**
3. Who does Prospero conjure up a storm to shipwreck his enemies on the island? **Alonso, the king of Naples, Antonio, and others**
4. What spirit does Prospero command? **Ariel**
5. What monster does Prospero keep in his service? **Caliban**
6. What was Prospero's title before he was exiled to the island? **Duke of Milan**
7. Who usurped Prospero's Dukedom? **His brother, Antonio**
8. Who helped Antonio usurp Prospero's power? **King Alonso of Naples**
9. What was Miranda doing when the play begins that prevented her from seeing the evils done to her father? **She was too young**
10. What is the first thing Miranda sees upon leaving the cell after 12 years? **Ferdinand**
11. Who does Miranda fall in love with at first sight? **Ferdinand**
12. What gifts does Miranda give to Ferdinand in their first meeting? **Flowers**
13. What does Ferdinand think of Miranda upon first laying eyes on her? **She is a goddess**
14. What is Ferdinand's station in life? **Prince of Naples**
15. Where does Ariel imprison Ferdinand when Prospero orders it? **A grove of sycamore trees**
16. Which character says the famous line "Hell is empty and all the devils are here"? **Prospero**
17. Which characters does Ariel lead around the island, tormenting them with illusions? **Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, and the others**
18. What spirit does Caliban try to get to help him kill Prospero? **Sycorax's spirit**
19. Who was Sycorax according to the play? **A witch who was Caliban's mother**
20. How does Caliban describe the island before Prospero arrived? **As a paradise**
21. What does Caliban offer Stephano and Trinculo in exchange for killing Prospero? **To be their servant and the island after Prospero is gone**
22. Which characters believe that Caliban is a god of the island? **Stephano and Trinculo**
23. Which character constantly gets drunk throughout the play? **Stephano**
24. What does the word "tempest" refer to? **A violent storm**
25. What genre of play would The Tempest be classified as? **Romance**
26. Who wrote The Tempest? **William Shakespeare**
27. What year was The Tempest believed to have been written? **1611**
28. Which modern day location has been speculated as the inspiration for the island setting? **Bermuda**
29. Which character is the "Artist" of the play and has supernatural powers? **Prospero**
30. What is the name of Prospero's daughter? **Miranda**
31. Who does Miranda fall in love with at first sight? **Ferdinand**
32. What is Ferdinand forced to do as punishment for his love of Miranda? **Stack logs**
33. What spirit does Prospero control? **Ariel**
34. What creature does Prospero keep as a servant against its will? **Caliban**
35. Who does Caliban offer to help kill Prospero? **Stephano and Trinculo**
36. What does Caliban believe himself to be the rightful owner of? **The island**
37. Which characters get lost in an enchanted grove? **Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian and others**
38. Which character is constantly drunk? **Stephano**
39. Who does Prospero force to act as clowns on the island? **Stephano and Trinculo**
40. Whose Dukedom in Milan was usurped? **Prospero's**
41. Who usurped Prospero's dukedom? **Prospero's brother, Antonio**
42. What dukedom does Antonio now hold? **Milan**
43. Why was Prospero exiled from Milan to the island? **Due to Antonio's plotting**
44. Who helped Antonio take over Milan? **Alonso, the King of Naples**
45. How long have Prospero and Miranda lived on the island? **12 years**
46. What spell does Prospero use to conjure the tempest? **Magic**
47. What does the tempest cause Alonso's ship to do? **Run aground on the island**
48. Who has Prospero enslaved as his servant on the island? **The deformed man Caliban**
49. What does Caliban try to do to Miranda when they first meet? **Rape her**
50. How does Prospero punish Caliban? **With hard labor**
51. What supernatural being does Prospero command? **The spirit Ariel**
52. What does Ariel look like? **Something ethereal like air or fire**
53. How does Ariel help Prospero? **By using magic to fulfill Prospero's commands**
54. Why is Caliban resentful of Prospero? **Thinks Prospero has stolen his island**
55. Who does Caliban make an alliance with? **Stephano and Trinculo**
56. What position does Ferdinand hold? **Prince of Naples**
57. Who does Ferdinand think Miranda is when he first sees her? **A nymph or spirit**
58. What kind of love does Miranda and Ferdinand instantly feel for each other? **True love**
59. How do their fathers, Alonso and Prospero feel about their love? **They approve**
60. What dilemma does their instant love and subsequent marriage cause? **It helps bring reconciliation**
61. What does Ariel lure Alonso, Antonio, Sebastian, and the other men into believing? **That their son is dead**
62. How do Alonso, Antonio, and Sebastian react to this illusion? **With despair and sorrow**
63. When in fact what has really happened to Ferdinand? **He's fallen in love with Miranda and is well**
64. What does this illusion accomplish for Prospero? **It begins to pay them back for their crimes in usurping him**
65. What gift does Prospero give to Miranda on her wedding to Ferdinand? **His staff and magic book**
66. At the end of the play, what does Prospero vow to do? **Drown his magic book and staff in the ocean**
67. Why does Prospero seek to dismantle his magical powers? **To return to a normal, mortal life in Milan**
68. How does the play end? **With reconciliation between Prospero and the usurpers**
69. What becomes of Prospero? **He is restored as the Duke of Milan**
70. What becomes of Miranda and Ferdinand? **They marry and become King and Queen of Naples**
71. What was Sycorax in the play? **An Algerian witch**
72. Who was Sycorax's son? **Caliban**
73. What kind of spirit/demon is Ariel described as? **An airy spirit**
74. What kind of supernatural powers does Prospero have? **Mastery of magic and knowledge of illusions**
75. What class of Shakespearean plays does The Tempest belong to? **Late Romances**
76. What famous line is spoken by Prospero about the spirits he controls? **"You are airy nothing"**
77. Which character is drunk, tricked, and believes himself to be a god? **Stephano**
78. Which characters form an unlikely, comedic trio? **Stephano, Trinculo, Caliban**
79. Which character is a descendent of the witch Sycorax? **Caliban**
80. What god did Caliban's mother hope he'd be? **Setebos**
81. Which king is racked with guilt for his past actions? **Alonso**
82. Which character continually helps and obeys Prospero? **Ariel**
83. Which character feels he's been mistreated on the island? **Caliban**
84. What does Caliban offer Stephano and Trinculo? **Servitude and the island**
85. What is the name of Prospero's daughter? **Miranda**
86. Who does Miranda fall instantly in love with? **Ferdinand**
87. What do Miranda and Ferdinand do in their first meeting? **Fall instantly in love**
88. What genre would The Tempest be categorized as? **Romance**
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