The Tempest Collections 3

What do Prospero's staff and book symbolize?

• magical powers

• wisdom

• music

• political authority

Which one is a feature of a soliloquy in our excerpt of The Tempest?

• written in verse

• vivid imagery

• act and scene numbers are written

• Prospero is speaking alone onstage

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

A tempest is a kind of....

• challenge

• spirit

• storm

• magic

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an example of alliteration?

• making midnight mushrooms

• line 6

• called forth the mutinous winds

• the green sea and the azured vault

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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 is Prospero describing in lines 10-15?

• a war that has broken out

• the colors of the landscape

• A storm he has created

• the power of the gods

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Who is Prospero talking to at the beginning of the soliloquy?

• gods

• the elves

• animals

• his enemies

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What does "by whose aid/weakmasters though ye be/I have bedimmed/the noontide sun".

• The spirits are not helpful

• He is asking the spirits for help

• He tried to help the spirits with his magic

• The spirits have helped him with his plan

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

What is the azured vault?

• the sky

• the sun

• the building

• the shore

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• He has summoned horses

• He has destroyed buildings

• He has uprooted trees.

• He cut branches from the trees.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does "but this rough magic/I here abjure" mean?

• He wants to get better at magic

• He is boasting about having magical powers

• He is no longer able to do magic

• He is giving up magic.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3