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1. Who wrote "The Tempest"?


Answer: William Shakespeare.

2. In which country does "The Tempest" take place?


Answer: The play is set on a remote island.

3. Who is the rightful Duke of Milan in the play?


Answer: Prospero.

4. What title does Prospero hold on the island?


Answer: He is the rightful ruler or "magician" of the island.

5. Who is Prospero's daughter?


Answer: Miranda.

6. Who is Miranda's love interest?


Answer: Ferdinand.

7. Which character is the shipwrecked King of Naples?


Answer: Alonso.

8. Who is Alonso's brother?


Answer: Sebastian.

9. What is the name of the spirit who serves Prospero?


Answer: Ariel.

10. Who is the monstrous creature on the island?


Answer: Caliban.

11. Who helps Caliban in his plot against Prospero?


Answer: Trinculo and Stephano.

12. What is the name of Prospero's servant?


Answer: Ariel.

13. Who is the jester in the play?


Answer: Trinculo.

14. Who falls in love with Miranda at first sight?


Answer: Ferdinand.

15. What is the full title of the play?


Answer: "The Tempest."

16. What is the primary theme of the play?


Answer: Power and illusion.
17. How does Prospero gain control over the island?
Answer: Through his magical powers.

18. Who helps Prospero escape from the island?


Answer: Ariel.

19. What happens to the ship at the beginning of the play?


Answer: It is wrecked in a storm.

20. Who speaks the famous line, "We are such stuff as dreams are made on"?
Answer: Prospero.

21. What does Prospero use to control the other characters?


Answer: His magic books.

22. Who is the rightful heir to the kingdom of Naples?


Answer: Ferdinand.

23. What happens to the characters at the end of the play?


Answer: They are forgiven and set free.

24. What does Caliban represent in the play?


Answer: The native inhabitants of colonized lands.

25. Who is responsible for creating the storm that brings the characters to the island?
Answer: Prospero.

26. What happens to Caliban at the end of the play?


Answer: He is left on the island.

27. Who is the goddess of the island?


Answer: Juno.

28. What is the name of the ship in the play?


Answer: The King's ship.

29. Who is the drunken butler in the play?


Answer: Stephano.

30. Who is the goddess of magic in the play?


Answer: Iris.

31. What is the name of Alonso's son?


Answer: Ferdinand.

32. Who is the captain of the ship?


Answer: Boatswain.

33. What is the name of the spirit that appears as a harpy?


Answer: Ariel.

34. Who is the father of Miranda?


Answer: Prospero.
35. Who is the daughter of Alonso?
Answer: Claribel.

36. What is the name of the island where the play is set?
Answer: The island is unnamed.

37. Who is the faithful servant of Prospero?


Answer: Ariel.

38. Who is the Queen of Naples?


Answer: Claribel.

39. What does Prospero's magic staff represent?


Answer: His power and control.

40. Who is the captain of the shipwrecked crew?


Answer: Boatswain.

41. What is the name of Alonso's brother?


Answer: Sebastian.

42. Who is the rightful Duke of Milan?


Answer: Prospero.

43. What is the name of the spirit who serves Prospero?


Answer: Ariel.

44. Who do Trinculo and Stephano mistake Caliban for?


Answer: A monster.

45. Who is the goddess of the sea in the play?


Answer: Ceres.

46. What is the name of Alonso's daughter?


Answer: Claribel.

47. Who is the goddess of the rainbow in the play?


Answer: Iris.

48. Who is the goddess of the hunt in the play?


Answer: Diana.

49. What does Prospero's staff have the power to do?


Answer: It can control and manipulate events.

50. What is the central conflict in "The Tempest"?


Answer: The struggle for power and control.

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