ENGLISH 10 Third Term Quiz Review

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of 'treacherous' behavior?

• helping someone recover

• betraying someone’s trust

• challenging someone’s statement

• accepting punishment for someone

Open Ended

Use the word 'perfidious' in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes what it means to 'supplant' someone?

• to replace the person by unethical means

• to abandon the person in a dangerous place

• to protect the person by any means necessary

• to collaborate with the person on major projects

Open Ended

Use the word 'succession' in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE:

The essay "Neither Justice Nor Forgetting: Defining Forgiveness" is an example of an explanatory text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What causes Antonio and the other passengers to desert their ship in Act I of

"The Tempest"?

• Prospero uses magic to create a storm and make the passengers believe

  the ship is breaking up.

• The Boatswain refuses to correct the course of the ship, and it runs

  aground on the island.

• Ariel sets the ship on fire, and the passengers must jump off it to save

  their lives.

• Ariel calls on Poseidon, the god of the sea, to sink the ship, causing all the passengers to

  swim for their lives.

Multiple Choice

According to Act I of "The Tempest", which of the following events does Prospero

bring about or plan to bring about?

• to turn over his rule of the island to Ferdinand

• to achieve revenge against his brother Antonio

• to repay Caliban for taking the island away from him

• to kill Ferdinand and make himself the new king of Naples

Multiple Choice

Aristocrats and commoners mix freely in Act I of "The Tempest", both on

the island and on board ship. Which best describes the relations between the

high-ranking aristocrats and the lower-ranking commoners in Act I?

• Commoners address aristocrats politely and respectfully.

• Aristocrats and commoners avoid contact with one another.

• Aristocrats express only contempt and scorn for commoners.

• Commoners speak their minds freely to aristocrats as if equals.

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from Act I of "The Tempest".

[Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, and others.]

Alonso. Good boatswain, have care. Where’s the master? Play the men.

Boatswain. I pray now, keep below.

Antonio. Where is the master, bos’n?

Boatswain. Do you not hear him? You mar our labor. Keep your cabins; you do assist the storm.

Gonzalo. Nay, good, be patient.


Boatswain. When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers for the name of king? To cabin! Silence! Trouble us not!

Gonzalo. Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.

Boatswain. None that I more love than myself. You are a councilor; if you can command these elements to silence and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more. Use your authority. If you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap. Cheerly, good hearts! Out of our way, I say.

Which feature of a Shakespearean romance is best illustrated by this excerpt?

• unrealistic characters and events

• a subplot featuring young characters

• a hero or heroine who is older than the others

• characters representing a variety of social levels

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the reason Antonio suggests killing Alonso

in Act II of "The Tempest"?

• Antonio lacks the conscience that would make him hesitate to commit a murder.

• Antonio knows that Prospero is on the island and will interfere with his schemes.

• Antonio plans to kill Sebastian after Alonso is killed and himself take over the throne of Naples.

• Antonio believes that Ferdinand has survived the shipwreck and hopes to involve him in the plot.

Multiple Choice

In Act II of "The Tempest", how does Antonio persuade Sebastian that if they kill

Alonso, Sebastian can become King of Naples?

• by jeering at Alonso for being a foolish and feeble old man

• by insisting that Alonso’s son reached the island’s shore safely

• by explaining that he set the takeover in motion before they sailed

• by arguing that Alonso’s daughter is too far from Naples to interfere

Multiple Choice

In Act II, Scene i, of "The Tempest", Antonio says to Sebastian, “O, that you bore

the mind that I do!” Which of the following best describes the difference in

“mind,” or personality, between the two characters as they appear in this scene?

• Antonio is greedy for wealth and power. Sebastian is greedy for wealth but not for power.

• Antonio is ambitious and acts on his ambition. Sebastian is ambitious but

  must be egged on to take action.

• Antonio is discontented with his lot but cannot see how to improve it.

  Sebastian is contented with his lot and sees no need for action.

• Antonio commits evil actions for gain and feels guilty afterwards.

  Sebastian commits evil actions for gain and is untroubled afterwards.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Stephano as Shakespeare

presents him in Act II, Scene ii, of "The Tempest"?

• practical and skilled

• naïve and gullible

• foolish and ignorant

• dishonest and devious

Multiple Choice

Read the following speech by Caliban from Act II of "The Tempest".

Caliban. I prithee let me bring thee where crabs grow;

And I with my long nails will dig thee pignuts,

Show thee a jay’s nest, and instruct thee how

To snare the nimble marmoset. I’ll bring thee

To clust’ring filberts, and sometimes I’ll get thee

Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?

What do Caliban’s words and style of speaking indicate about his character?

• He lies so casually and fluently that people believe him.

• He has read and studied many books about science.

• He is vividly alive to the natural world around him.

• He lives in a dream world of his own imagination.

Multiple Choice

Alonso speaks in blank verse throughout Act II, Scene i, of "The Tempest",

while Sebastian, Antonio, and the others speak many of their lines in prose.

Which statements best describe the effect of Shakespeare’s choice to have

Alonso speak in blank verse?

• It reminds the audience that Alonso is the highest-ranking character in the

  group.

• It tells the audience that Alonso has a more fanciful imagination than his

  friends.

• It encourages the audience to hope that Alonso will be able to rescue

  Ferdinand.

• It helps the audience understand Alonso more clearly than if he spoke in prose.

Multiple Choice

During the Elizabethan era, female roles were played by __________ in theaters.

• anyone

• queens

• men

• William Shakespeare

Multiple Choice

__________ was an indoor space theater with no open area for groundlings.

• The Globe

• Theatre

• Blackfriars Theater

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

The long reign of __________ is often seen as a Golden Age in English history.

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Mary I

• King James I

• King Henry VIII

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE:

Spain was led by King Phillip II when the Spanish armada was defeated by the English army.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The plays and poetry of __________ are regarded by many as the finest works ever written in English; people are still reading and studying him until this day.

• Christopher Marlowe

• Sir Francis Bacon

• William Shakespeare

• Ben Jonson

Open Ended

Do you agree that forgiveness is the sweetest revenge? Why? Why not?