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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does 8Handz set up for Felix, that lets him keep track of what is happening in the rehearsals?

2. Who remains awake while some of the dignitaries drift off into a drugged sleep?

3. What does Felix say he had thought the end-game of his play had been?

4. What do the security guards take from Anne-Marie on her way into the prison?

5. What does Felix want Anne-Marie to rehearse first?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Felix frame Tony and Sebert?

2. How do Freddie and Anne-Marie become close throughout the performance?

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

4. What is Sal’s state of mind as he arrives at Fletcher County Correctional Institute for the play?

5. What happens to Felix when he goes on the cruise?

6. What does Team Hag-Seed say Caliban would have done after the play?

7. What momentary crisis does Felix have in his relationship with Miranda?

8. What arrangements does Felix make with 8Handz?

9. What is the significance of the song “merrily, merrily” which 8Handz hears in his headset?

10. What metaphor does Tony use, to describe his relationship with Sal O’Nally?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the title of this novel mean, according to the definitions given to the term “Hag-Seed” in the book? Who would understand that title in different ways? What does the author accomplish, by giving the title so many resonances?

Essay Topic 2

Where were you most engaged with Hag-Seed? Where were you most liable to distraction or least engaged? How did Atwood construct her book in a way that would keep you interested and curious about how events would play out?

Essay Topic 3

What are the advantages and disadvantages of including so much back story, with Felix being fired from the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival? How does Atwood use this history to establish her characters? What are the dangers of traveling back in time so far, from the present moment where most of the novel’s action takes place? Does Atwood pull it off effectively?

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