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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 14-18; Pages 92-118.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Felix say that simple curses are unacceptable?
(a) They are meaningless.
(b) They are too vulgar.
(c) They suppress too much meaning.
(d) They are monotonous.

2. What is the range of ages among Felix’ inmates?
(a) 22-29.
(b) 34-65.
(c) 19-45.
(d) 18-68.

3. How does Felix overcome Estelle’s objections about doing Shakespeare in the Literacy Through Literature program?
(a) He says that anything less than Shakespeare is not literature.
(b) He says that Shakespeare’s players were all journeymen.
(c) He says that Shakespeare understood incarceration.
(d) He says that Shakespeare contains the greatest number of life’s lessons per play.

4. What kind of writing does the novel open with?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Stage play.
(c) Prose.
(d) Screenplay.

5. What reason does Felix give for declining to seduce Tony’s wife as revenge?
(a) She died recently.
(b) She is cold.
(c) She was his lover once already.
(d) She is ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix say would complete his humiliation?

2. What does Felix do once he stops fantasizing about revenge against Tony?

3. What does Felix train the guards and inmates to say instead of “break a leg” (77)?

4. What kinds of books does Felix read from the library, while living in the hovel?

5. Why does Felix say Miranda does not venture far from the hovel?

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