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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who fantasizes about the ideal society in the Tempest?
(a) Alonso.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Ferdinand.
(d) Gonzalo.

3. How long did Anne-Marie Greenland take away from theatre, since the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 8 years.

4. What does Felix say his enterprise will ultimately depend on?
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Luck.
(c) Key figures’ mistakes.
(d) Exact timing.

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

6. What role does Anne-Marie say Felix is already playing for her?
(a) Troublesome brother.
(b) Protective father.
(c) Demanding landlord.
(d) Overbearing landowner.

7. What does the imagined teenaged Miranda make Felix eat?
(a) Bran muffins.
(b) Kale.
(c) Beef.
(d) Potato chips.

8. What was Felix planning to stage, before he found out about the ministers’ visit and decided to do the Tempest?
(a) Lear.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Henry V.
(d) Macbeth.

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

10. When does Hag-Seed begin?
(a) March 2003.
(b) January 2006.
(c) February, 2013.
(d) April 1990.

11. 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 Gonzalo to recognize his legitimacy.
(d) Getting Antonio to wish he were dead.

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

13. What is the good news Estelle has for Felix?
(a) Felix can get a pay raise.
(b) Felix’s films of Shakespeare plays will be broadcast.
(c) The ministers are coming to visit.
(d) Felix can teach additional courses.

14. What does Felix do once he stops fantasizing about revenge against Tony?
(a) Take up guitar.
(b) Distract himself.
(c) Start a smear campaign.
(d) Research Tony’s life.

15. Why does Felix say Miranda does not venture far from the hovel?
(a) She is loyal.
(b) She is unwilling.
(c) She is constrained.
(d) She is afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many additional courses has Felix spun off from his original course?

2. Who volunteers to be on Team Ariel after Felix’ explanation?

3. Why does Felix say that simple curses are unacceptable?

4. What does Anne-Marie say the rumors had claimed, about Felix’ disappearance from Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?

5. How does Felix describe what he is doing by renting the hovel?

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