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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Felix’ magician cape made of?
(a) Animal pelts.
(b) His wife’s lace.
(c) Satin and velvet.
(d) Stuffed animal pelts.

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

5. What does Felix say he was distracted by, that put him in the position he is in?
(a) His literary work.
(b) His magic hobby.
(c) His marriage collapsing.
(d) His daughter’s death.

6. According to the Marilyn Monroe quote, what do you have to become, if you are a nobody who wants to be somebody?
(a) Whatever the world wants.
(b) A slave to fashion.
(c) Somebody else.
(d) Your true self.

7. What does Felix say Tony did to him, before he seized power?
(a) Slandered him.
(b) Denigrated him.
(c) Resurrected him.
(d) Isolated him.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What show brought Anne-Marie back to theatre?
(a) Phantom of the Opera.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Crazy for You.
(d) Cats.

14. Which part can Felix not immediately see an actor for, in his first meeting with the inmates to stage the Tempest?
(a) Gonzalo.
(b) Stephano.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Alonso.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the good news Estelle has for Felix?

3. What does Felix say people on the outside would do to get the instruction he is giving the inmates?

4. How does Felix defend Prospero’s actions in relation to Caliban?

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

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