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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 19; Part III, Chapters 20-23; Pages 119-148.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Felix tell the inmates he will reveal the last of the prisons in the Tempest?
(a) When they are all paroled.
(b) When the ministers arrive.
(c) When they get to the appropriate scene.
(d) After the play.

2. What does Felix tell his actors they become when they come to his class?
(a) A clean slate.
(b) His workers.
(c) Their true selves.
(d) Free.

3. What conclusion does Felix draw, about Prospero bathing on the island?
(a) He says that Ariel would have stood guard while he bathed.
(b) He says that Miranda would have guarded his books while he bathed.
(c) He says that he probably did not bathe.
(d) He says that he locked Caliban up while he bathed.

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

5. What behavior does Felix describe as “full blown lunacy” (45)?
(a) Isolating himself.
(b) Stalking Tony Price.
(c) Writing a play.
(d) Imagining Miranda’s growth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will Felix have Tony and Sal watch his play?

2. How many prisons does Felix say there are in the Tempest?

3. How does Felix solve the problem of who will play Miranda?

4. How many of the inmates want to play Ariel?

5. Which part can Felix not immediately see an actor for, in his first meeting with the inmates to stage the Tempest?

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