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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Felix tell Miranda about, for the first time, after his shopping trip?
(a) His past life as director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival.
(b) His wife, Miranda’s mother.
(c) His work in the theatre.
(d) His hopes of revenge.

2. What does Felix forbid his actors?
(a) Attempts to reach the outside world.
(b) Use of violence against their visitors.
(c) Escape attempts.
(d) Fighting amongst themselves.

3. How much of the play is complete at five weeks to show time?
(a) None of it yet.
(b) Half of Act I and parts of Act II.
(c) Only a few scenes.
(d) Most of Act I.

4. How does Felix smuggle cigarettes into the prison for his cast party?
(a) Inside the cameras and lights.
(b) In his clothing.
(c) In his costumes.
(d) In potato chip bags.

5. How does Felix describe his belief that Miranda is alive with him?
(a) An intravenous drip of imagination.
(b) A harmful fantasy.
(c) An idle mind-game.
(d) A worrisome delusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leggs say Prospero does for Caliban after the play?

2. What is Sal O’Nally most afraid of, when he and the other ministers find themselves in a cell?

3. What has Anne-Marie brought for the cast party?

4. Where have the dignitaries been before coming to the prison?

5. Who promises to give Felix a report on the reception the ministers attend after Felix’ play is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felix say is the ninth prison, which the actors had not identified?

2. How do Freddie and Miranda wrap up the play Felix has staged?

3. What does Anne-Marie say in Miranda’s defense?

4. Why is Felix not finished with his work, when he is driving away from the Fletcher County Correctional Institute after the play?

5. What does Felix say was the ultimate goal of staging the Tempest?

6. What is it like for Anne-Marie when Felix introduces her into the prison?

7. Who are the dignitaries who are coming to see Felix’s the Tempest?

8. How does Felix feel about his play when he is five weeks out?

9. What arrangements does Felix make with 8Handz?

10. What does Felix do for work after the production of the Tempest?

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