In The Tempest, the first noble who insists the mariners do their jobs and says “What cares these roarers for the name of king?” is which character?

• Boatswain
• Master
• Gonzalo
• Antonio

In The Tempest, Prospero dates the usurpation and exile as occurring “twelve year since”; how old does Miranda say she then was?

• Not out three years old
• Full five years old
• Newly turned seven
• Barely two years old

In The Tempest, the island’s original claim is asserted with the line “This island’s mine, by Sycorax my mother”; who speaks it?

• Ariel
• Caliban
• Prospero
• Stephano

In The Tempest, which spirit was imprisoned in a cloven pine by Sycorax until Prospero freed him?

• Ariel
• Ceres
• Iris
• An attendant nymph

In The Tempest, the song containing the coinage “sea-change” is which of the following?

• “Where the bee sucks, there suck I”
• “Come unto these yellow sands”
• “Full fathom five thy father lies”
• “The watchdogs bark, bow-wow”

In The Tempest, the precise list “brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea” belongs to another Shakespeare text; which trap option is true?

• It belongs to Sonnet 65, not this play
• It is Ariel’s harpy speech
• It is Prospero’s renunciation
• It is Gonzalo’s Utopia speech

In The Tempest, the conspirators Antonio and Sebastian first draw their swords to murder whom as they sleep?

• Alonso and Gonzalo
• Prospero and Ariel
• Ferdinand and Francisco
• Trinculo and Stephano

In The Tempest, who awakens the sleepers to foil that assassination attempt, and how?

• Prospero by thunder
• Ariel by singing in Gonzalo’s ear
• Miranda by crying out
• Boatswain by entering with lanterns

In The Tempest, which oath-phrase betrays Caliban’s “heathen” swearing?

• “By Jove!”
• “By Setebos”
• “By Hecate”
• “By Saint Nicholas”

In The Tempest, Miranda’s famous exclamation “O brave new world that has such people in’t!” is answered by Prospero with which line?

• “’Tis a mad world, my masters.”
• “’Tis new to thee.”
• “This world is all illusions.”
• “Our revels now are ended.”