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Tempest Act 1, Scene 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the workers on the ship?

a)

Master

b)

Mariners

c)

Lords

d)

Boatswain

2.

How is the instruction given to the sailors?

a)

By mariners's whistle

b)

By boatswain's whistle

c)

By Gonzalo's command

d)

By Antonio's command

3.

What did boatswain tell the lords?

a)

Go down

b)

Go out

c)

Go to the cabin

d)

Go to the master

4.

How did the Lords mar the labour?

a)

By shouting

b)

By asking questions

c)

By ordering

d)

By coming out

5.

Who was the councillor?

a)

Boatswain

b)

Gonzalo

c)

Antonio

d)

Mariner

6.

In the opening of this scene, what are the nobles doing while the storm rages?

a)

Cursing the storm

b)

Plotting their next action

c)

Helping the boatswain

d)

Running around in chaos

7.

What does Gonzalo suggest the mariners do?

a)

Hang the boatswain

b)

Sail for the shore

c)

Leave the boat

d)

Pray for the king

8.

Where is the ship coming from?

a)

Milan

b)

Tunis

c)

Stratford-Upon-Avon

d)

Naples

9.

Who is cursed by Sebastian and Antonio?

a)

The Boatswain

b)

Prospero

c)

Gonzalo

d)

The sea

10.

Where do Antonio, Sebastian, and Gonzalo go when the mariners cry out?

a)

To the lifeboats

b)

To look for the king

c)

Overboard

d)

Back to Tunis

11.

What is the meaning of the word 'yarely'

a)

briskly

b)

loudly

c)

yearly

d)

slowly

12.

What do the roarers mean-

a)

unruly waves

b)

unruly lords

c)

unruly mariners

d)

unruly boatswain

13.

Who has no drowning mark upon him?

a)

Gonzalo

b)

Boatswain

c)

Master

d)

Sebastian

14.

Boatswain tells Gonzalo to command these---------------to silence

(a)  

15.

Who according to you is the smartest of all in scene 1 to tackle the situation?

a)

Boatswain

b)

Mariners

c)

Gonzalo

d)

Sebastian & Antonio

16.

What would you do if you where in Boatswain's place?

4 lines
17.

Can you give a reason why Shakespeare begins this play with a storm?

4 lines
18.

In Act 1, Scene 1, in The Tempest how does Shakespeare convey the terror of the storm on stage?

a)

by the use of dialogues

b)

by the use of loud sounds

c)

by the use of animation

d)

by the use of props

19.

Which particular character do you think is the most positive in Act 1, Scene 1?

a)

Boatswain

b)

Antonio

c)

Gonzalo

d)

Mariners

20.

Give the meaning of the word- bawling

a)

to cry

b)

to sleep

c)

to sail

d)

to talk