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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Felix say would complete his humiliation?
(a) A dental meltdown.
(b) Forgetting his lines.
(c) Lights coming on too soon.
(d) Tony showing up.

2. What are Bert and Maude, Felix’ new landlords, farming?
(a) Corn.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Alfalfa.
(d) Marijuana.

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

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

5. When does Part I of Hag-Seed begin?
(a) April 1990.
(b) February 2006.
(c) March 2009.
(d) January 2013.

6. How many additional courses has Felix spun off from his original course?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

7. How many years into his exile has Felix gone, when he takes the job at the Fletcher County Correctional Institute?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

8. How is Shakespeare’s prose represented in Hag-Seed?
(a) As impressionistic dance.
(b) As rap.
(c) Verbatim.
(d) As music.

9. What did Felix’ wife die of?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Childbirth.
(c) Car crash.
(d) Staph infection.

10. What was Tony’s job at the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?
(a) Directing.
(b) Principal actor.
(c) Special effects.
(d) Fundraising.

11. What does Felix say has been his trademark as a director?
(a) Taking things too far.
(b) Returning to scripts’ origins.
(c) Making safe decisions.
(d) Adding relevant politics to a production.

12. How many of the inmates want to play Ariel?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

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

14. What does Felix say most of the men shipwrecked on Prospero’s island want?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Recognition.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color do the men say Ariel’s costume should be?

2. What is Felix brushing when Part I begins?

3. What does Felix say his enterprise will ultimately depend on?

4. What did Felix aspire for his production of the Tempest to resemble?

5. What is Felix’ policy on cursing?

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