The Tempest: Prospero's Soliloquy

What feature of the excerpt from The Tempest shows that it is a soliloquy?

• It is written in verse.

• Prospero is speaking alone onstage.

• There is vivid imagery.

• The act and scene numbers are identified.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

A tempest is a kind of

• spirit.

• challenge.

• storm.

• magic.

Whom is Prospero addressing at the beginning of the soliloquy?

• gods

• elves

• enemies

• animals

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which line contains alliteration?

• "Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice..."

• "To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid,"

• "And 'twixt the green sea and the azured vault..."

• "Set roaring war--to th' dread rattling thunder..."

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does Prospero mean when he says, "by whose aid, / Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimmed / The noontide sun," (lines 8-10)?

• The spirits have helped him with his plan.

• The spirits are not very helpful.

• He is calling on the spirits for help.

• He has tried to help the spirits with his magic.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

What is "the azured vault" (line 11)?

• the sun

• the shore

• a building

• the sky

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does Prospero mean by "and by the spurs plucked up / the pine and cedar"?

• He has uprooted trees.

• He has summoned horses.

• He has destroyed buildings.

• He has cut the branches from trees.

What does Prospero mean when he says, "But this rough magic / I here abjure." (lines 18-19)?

• He plans to improve his magical abilities.

• He is boasting of his magical powers.

• He is no longer able to do magic.

• He is giving up the practice of magic.

What do Prospero's staff and book symbolize?

• wisdom and learning

• magical powers

• political authority

• heavenly music

Prospero was the Duke of

• Naples

• Milan

• Inglewood

• Rome