WorksheetsTempest Act 1, Scene 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Who are the workers on the ship?
Master
Mariners
Lords
Boatswain
How is the instruction given to the sailors?
By mariners's whistle
By boatswain's whistle
By Gonzalo's command
By Antonio's command
What did boatswain tell the lords?
Go down
Go out
Go to the cabin
Go to the master
How did the Lords mar the labour?
By shouting
By asking questions
By ordering
By coming out
Who was the councillor?
Boatswain
Gonzalo
Antonio
Mariner
In the opening of this scene, what are the nobles doing while the storm rages?
Cursing the storm
Plotting their next action
Helping the boatswain
Running around in chaos
What does Gonzalo suggest the mariners do?
Hang the boatswain
Sail for the shore
Leave the boat
Pray for the king
Where is the ship coming from?
Milan
Tunis
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Naples
Who is cursed by Sebastian and Antonio?
The Boatswain
Prospero
Gonzalo
The sea
Where do Antonio, Sebastian, and Gonzalo go when the mariners cry out?
To the lifeboats
To look for the king
Overboard
Back to Tunis
What is the meaning of the word 'yarely'
briskly
loudly
yearly
slowly
What do the roarers mean-
unruly waves
unruly lords
unruly mariners
unruly boatswain
Who has no drowning mark upon him?
Gonzalo
Boatswain
Master
Sebastian
Boatswain tells Gonzalo to command these---------------to silence
(a)
Who according to you is the smartest of all in scene 1 to tackle the situation?
Boatswain
Mariners
Gonzalo
Sebastian & Antonio
What would you do if you where in Boatswain's place?
Can you give a reason why Shakespeare begins this play with a storm?
In Act 1, Scene 1, in The Tempest how does Shakespeare convey the terror of the storm on stage?
by the use of dialogues
by the use of loud sounds
by the use of animation
by the use of props
Which particular character do you think is the most positive in Act 1, Scene 1?
Boatswain
Antonio
Gonzalo
Mariners
Give the meaning of the word- bawling
to cry
to sleep
to sail
to talk
