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

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

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

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

5. How long a trial period does Felix get, to make his experiment with Shakespeare?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 semester.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

6. How does Felix describe what he is doing by renting the hovel?
(a) Flagellating himself.
(b) Losing himself.
(c) Killing himself.
(d) Freeing himself.

7. What would Felix serve at his cast parties?
(a) Beer and hot dogs.
(b) Ginger ale and potato chips.
(c) Pot roast and ale.
(d) Grilled cheese and hot chocolate.

8. What furniture is in the hovel Felix rents?
(a) Only a lamp.
(b) The place is unfurnished.
(c) A full bedroom set and nothing else.
(d) An armoire and a table.

9. What does Felix say is the heart of his “secret project” (141)?
(a) Ferdinand.
(b) Anne-Marie.
(c) Caliban.
(d) The goblins.

10. How does Felix describe his production with the men Anne-Marie calls “crims” (143)?
(a) A hilarious farce.
(b) More real than real.
(c) A dangerous, risky opportunity.
(d) A beautiful challenge.

11. What is Felix looking for when he drives away from the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?
(a) A place to lay low.
(b) A pub.
(c) A friend’s house.
(d) His home town.

12. How many years ago was Felix fired by Tony?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

13. What explanation does 8Handz give for why “thou earth” is an insult (93)?
(a) Racism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Colonialism.
(d) Environmentalism.

14. What does Anne-Marie say the rumors had claimed, about Felix’ disappearance from Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?
(a) That he had had a scandalous affair.
(b) That he had fled the law.
(c) That Tony had killed him.
(d) That he had dead suddenly.

15. How many of the inmates want to play Caliban?
(a) 10.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of writing does the novel open with?

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

3. What does Felix say would complete his humiliation?

4. How does Felix solve the problem of who will play Ariel?

5. What does Anne-Marie have tattooed on her as reminder of her production of the Tempest at Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?

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