review for The Tempest quiz

What feature of the excerpt shows that it is a soliloquy?

• It is written in verse.

• Prospero is speaking alone onstage.

• There is vivid imagery.

• The act and scene numbers are identified

A tempest is a kind of

• spirit.

• challenge.

• storm.

• magic.

Whom is Prospero addressing at the beginning of the soliloquy?

• gods

• elves

• enemies

• animals

Which line contains alliteration?

• line 6

• line 7

• line 10

• line 11

What is Prospero describing in lines 10–15?

• a storm he has created

• the power of the gods

• the colors of the landscape

• a war that has broken out

What does Prospero mean when he says, “by whose aid, / Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimmed / The noontide sun,” (lines 8–10)?

• The spirits have helped him with his plan.

• The spirits are not very helpful..

• He is calling on the spirits for help.

• He has tried to help the spirits with his magic.

What is “the azured vault” (line 11)?

• the sun

• the shore

• a building

• the sky

What does Prospero mean by “and by the spurs plucked up / the pine and cedar”?

• He has uprooted trees.

• He has summoned horses.

• He has destroyed buildings.

• He has cut the branches from trees

What does Prospero mean when he says, “But this rough magic / I here abjure.” (lines 18–19)?

• He plans to improve his magical abilities.

• He is boasting of his magical powers.

• He is no longer able to do magic.

• He is giving up the practice of magic.

What do Prospero’s staff and book symbolize?

• wisdom and learning

• magical powers

• political authority

• heavenly music