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Leaving Cert English: The Tempest
How often The Tempest comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
HL Asked on 1 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2021.
Quick ones on The Tempest.
- Cordelia
- Miranda
- Juliet
- Gonzalo
- Trinculo
- Stephano
- Trinculo
- Antonio
- Stephano
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(a) Miranda
(b) Stephano
(c) Trinculo
Higher Level
Asked on 1 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2021.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Not asked |
| 2025 | Not asked |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Not asked |
| 2022 | Not asked |
| 2021 | Single Text |
| 2019 | Not asked |
| 2018 | Not asked |
| 2017 | Not asked |
| 2016 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More The Tempest questions
The Tempest, 2 marks
What task does Prospero set Ferdinand to test him?
- Fetching water
- Guarding the cave
- Carrying logs
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Carrying logs
The task tests Ferdinand's love so he won't value Miranda lightly; Caliban also carries logs, which invites comparison.
The Tempest, 2 marks
Who is Alonso's brother?
- Gonzalo
- Sebastian
- Antonio
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Sebastian
Antonio persuades Sebastian to plot to kill the sleeping Alonso, echoing Antonio's own treachery against Prospero.
The Tempest, 2 marks
Alonso's ship was returning from whose wedding in Tunis?
- His daughter Claribel's
- His son Ferdinand's
- Antonio's
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His daughter Claribel's
Claribel married the King of Tunis; the shipwreck happens on the voyage home to Naples.