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What is the author of The Tempest?

  1. John Milton

  2. Geoffrey Chaucer

  3. William Shakespeare

  4. Charlotte Bronte

The correct answer is: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is the author of The Tempest. Option A, John Milton, wrote Paradise Lost. Option B, Geoffrey Chaucer, wrote Canterbury Tales. Option D, Charlotte Bronte, wrote Jane Eyre. Although all of these are notable literary works, they are not the author of The Tempest. Therefore, C is the correct answer.