Shakespeare's The Tempest Quiz and Answer Key Bundle for High School

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this bundle of plot-based quizzes covering William Shakespeare's The Tempest. These assessments may double as guided reading handouts to facilitate active engagement with the play. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive bundle is available.) A breakdown of content follows.

Act 1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• The purpose of King Alonso's travels

• The calmest character in the midst of a terrible storm

• Prospero's former title

• The relationship between Prospero and Miranda

• Prospero's intentions

• Prospero's studies

• The relationship between Prospero and Antonio

• Ariel's function

• Ferdinand's sadness

• The characterization of Sycorax

• Interactions between Prospero and Ariel

• The first interaction between Ferdinand and Miranda

• Prospero's feelings toward Ferdinand

Act 2. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Gonzalo's interactions with King Alonso

• Sebastian's interactions with King Alonso

• The reason for King Alonso's emotional distress

• Ariel's effect on the shipwrecked crew

• Antonio's planned betrayal of King Alonso

• Caliban's feelings toward Prospero

• The role of Trinculo

• Trinculo's reaction to Caliban

• The characterization of Stephano

• Caliban's assumption about Trinculo and Caliban

• Caliban's decision to serve Stephano

Act 3. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Ferdinand's status at the start of the Act

• Ferdinand's perspective on doing hard labor

• The interactions between Ferdinand and Miranda

• The effect of said interactions on Prospero

• Caliban's resentment of Trinculo

• Stephano's visions of the future

• Ariel's eavesdropping on Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban

• A strange occurrence

• Ariel's warnings to King Alonso and his attendants

• Prospero's observations

• King Alonso's psychological state

• Gonzalo's concerns about his cohorts

Act 4. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Prospero's advice for the engaged couple, Miranda and Ferdinand

• Ariel's role in terms of arranging the wedding ceremony

• Gifts given to Miranda and Ferdinand

• The sprites who impersonate various goddesses

• An interruption during the wedding festivities

• Prospero's erratic behavior

• How Prospero intends to entice his enemies

• Caliban's awareness of a trap

• Prospero's assessment of Caliban's character

• Caliban's epiphany

• The appearance of spirits in the form of animals

Act 5. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Miranda and Ferdinand's actions

• Advice given to help Prospero "become tender"

• Prospero's reason for letting his enemies go

• A major personal decision made by Prospero

• Ariel's fate

• Alonso's dynamic character

• Prospero's reason for not accusing his enemies of treason

• The fate of the shipwrecked crew

• Caliban's promise

• Prospero's storytelling

• Ariel's last act of helping Prospero

• Conditions under which Caliban will be freed

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare’s plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Taming of the Shrew - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable