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100

What was the last play that Shakespeare wrote?

The Tempest

100

This character agrees to become Prospero's new slave.

Ferdinand

100

The main character in The Tempest arrived on the island after his brother Antonio did this.

Overthrew him as Duke of Milan

100

“I boarded the King’s ship, and in every corner of it, from the deck to the cabins, I made everyone astonished and terrified.”

Ariel

100

This character is a loyal nobleman and an eternal optimist.

Gonzalo

200

The Tempest takes place on one of these, or another name for a magical piece of land surrounded by water.

Enchanted island

200

Caliban believes this character is a god.

Stephano

200

Prospero and Miranda have been on the island for this long.

12 years

200

“…look how good I look in my new role—much better than before. My brother’s servants used to be my equals. Now they work for me.”

Antonio

200

This character offers to serve Stephano and show him the island.

Caliban

300

In the societal hierarchy of Shakespeare's time, which of the following were ranked higher: teens and children or commoners?

Commoners

300

This character is persuaded to kill his brother.

Sebastian

300

Ariel was imprisoned in this before Prospero released his spirit.

A "cloven-pine"

300

“I hope all the diseases that breed in swamps and marshes infect Prospero, inch by inch, until he’s nothing but a walking disease!”

Caliban

300

This character is invisible to everyone on the island except Prospero.

Ariel

400

Columbus had already discovered "this" when The Tempest was written.

The "New World"

400

This is a persuasive character who plots a murder.

Antonio

400

King Alonso and his courtiers are searching for this character when we first meet them in the play.

Ferdinand

400

“While we were here guarding you as you slept, we heard a loud roar that sounded like bulls or lions. Didn’t you hear it? We heard it very clearly.”

Sebastian

400

This is Caliban's mother.

Sycorax

500

Shakespeare establishes disruption of the natural order in the first scene when this character gives orders to the King and other noblemen.

Boatswain

500

This character is a jester who calls Caliban a drunken monster.

Trinculo

500

Stephano and Trinculo are servants of this character.

King Alonso

500

“In my kingdom I’d do everything differently from the way it’s usually done. I wouldn’t allow any commerce. There’d be no officials or administrators. There’d be no schooling or literature. There’d be no riches, no poverty, and no servants—none.”

Gonzalo

500

This character is mourning the "loss" of his two children.

Alonso