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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest

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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)

41

The character addressed is

  • A. Miranda
  • B. Antonio
  • C. Ferdinard
  • D. Sebastian
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Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)

42

The literary device in lines 52 and 53 is

  • A. personification
  • B. simile
  • C. metaphor
  • D. synecdoche
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43

Another character present in the scene is

  • A. Caliban
  • B. Trinculo
  • C. Stephano
  • D. Miranda
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44

The ''oath'' referred to in the scene is

  • A. Miranda shall not give in to Ferdinand
  • B. Ferdinand shall not have intimate contact with Miranda
  • C. Miranda shall vow to be faithful to Ferdinand
  • D. Ferdinand shall not tell his father about Miranda
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Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)

45

The speaker is

  • A. Alonso
  • B. Gonzalo
  • C. Prospero
  • D. Sebastian
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