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Choose the correct option given below each question. [1x10=10] What is Ferdinand doing at the…
Choose the correct option given below each question. [1x10=10]
(i)[1.0]
What is Ferdinand doing at the beginning of Act 3 Sc I?
- (a)Cursing Prospero
- (b)Gathering wood
- (c)Crying
- (d)Plotting to escape
(ii)[1.0]
Why has Prospero given him this task?
- (a)To punish him.
- (b)To humiliate him.
- (c)To test his sincerity in love.
- (d)To take revenge.
(iii)[1.0]
What is Ferdinand willing to become for Miranda?
- (a)King of Naples.
- (b)A patient log- man.
- (c)Marry her and become her husband.
- (d)To be Prospero’s slave for Miranda’s sake.
(iv)[1.0]
What does Ferdinand pray should happen if he speaks false?
- (a)A blight will fall on him
- (b)The Gods will be angry
- (c)His best aspirations may be inverted to mischief.
- (d)Miranda will marry someone else.
(v)[1.0]
Ferdinand shares a Latin root word to describe Miranda in Act III Scene I. Which word does he use?
- (a)Beautiful
- (b)Admired
- (c)Dearest
- (d)Royal
(vi)[1.0]
What does Stephano mean when he says that Caliban has “drown’d his tongue in sack” in Act III Scene II?
- (a)He was drowned in a sack.
- (b)He had drunk so much that he could not speak.
- (c)He was lost in thought.
- (d)None of the above
(vii)[1.0]
Which aspect of Caliban’s nature is revealed through his words, “bite him to death, I prithee”?
- (a)Savagery
- (b)Uncivilised
- (c)Roughness
- (d)All of the above
(viii)[1.0]
Why does Gonzalo say, “I need must rest me” in Act III Scene III?
- (a)He is feeling sleepy.
- (b)He does not want to go with Antonio and Sebastian and Antonio.
- (c)He is exhausted.
- (d)He wants some time to look around the island.
(ix)[1.0]
To whom is Alonso referring in Act III Scene III, when he says, “he is drown’d”?
- (a)Prospero
- (b)Ferdinand
- (c)Adrian
- (d)Francisco
(x)[1.0]
What do Antonio and Sebastian talk about while Alonso is resting in Act III Scene III?
- (a)About abandoning the King’s party
- (b)About making another attempt to murder Alonso.
- (c)About seizing the island for themselves.
- (d)None of the above.
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From ISC 2022 Specimen English Literature Paper 1, question 1.