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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapters 33-38; Pages 209-238.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part will all of the men play, in addition to their own roles?
(a) Harpies.
(b) Revelers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Prospero’s enforcers.

2. Why do so many men want to play Caliban?
(a) Because he knows where everything is.
(b) Because he gets to attempt crimes.
(c) Because they understand him.
(d) Because he spends his days fishing.

3. What does Bent Pencil identify as the real reason for all of Prospero’s manipulations?
(a) Getting Alonso to abandon Antonio.
(b) Getting Miranda to marry Ferdinand.
(c) Getting Antonio to wish he were dead.
(d) Getting Gonzalo to recognize his legitimacy.

4. Why do the dignitaries want to leave the prison as soon as possible?
(a) It is going to snow.
(b) They expect the show to be boring.
(c) The prison is filthy.
(d) The prison is dangerous.

5. What objection do Leggs and others make, to the Tempest?
(a) Prospero is too old.
(b) The play is too American.
(c) It has a fairy in it.
(d) There is not a love interest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix refer to as the “dead husk of his drowned self” (63)?

2. What is Anne-Marie’s suggestion for the parts of Iris, Ceres and Juno?

3. How does Felix characterize the prison employees’ opinions about how damaged the prisoners are?

4. What thought experiment does Tony indulge in the cell?

5. What does the imagined teenaged Miranda make Felix eat?

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