Shakespeare's The Tempest Test and Answer Key

This end-of-unit test covers William Shakespeare’s comedy The Tempest and includes an answer key, as well as a standards-based rubric for scoring essays. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By taking this assessment, students will:

• Demonstrate knowledge of significant characters and the key aspects of their lives
• Demonstrate knowledge of significant events throughout the play
• Identify the context of meaningful quotations in the play
• Apply knowledge of a variety of literary devices applied in the play including hyperbole, metaphor, personification, situational irony, and more
• Respond to an essay prompt requiring students to generate a relevant theme in the context of the play and explore its development
• Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims made in an academic essay