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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 the men, to make them warm up to Ariel?
(a) He has super powers.
(b) He is a prisoner who breaks free.
(c) He is immortal.
(d) He is an alien.

2. What did Felix aspire for his production of the Tempest to resemble?
(a) The great pyramids.
(b) The Colossus of Rhodes.
(c) The Taj Mahal.
(d) The Parthenon.

3. Why does Felix say that simple curses are unacceptable?
(a) They are monotonous.
(b) They suppress too much meaning.
(c) They are too vulgar.
(d) They are meaningless.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 anything less than Shakespeare is not literature.
(c) He says that Shakespeare’s players were all journeymen.
(d) He says that Shakespeare contains the greatest number of life’s lessons per play.

13. What did Felix do when he was bored and needed company, when he was living in the hovel?
(a) Buy groceries.
(b) Wander the streets of Wilmot.
(c) Drive to the hardware store.
(d) Go to the movies.

14. What does the residence smell like, where Felix finds a new home?
(a) Wood and earth.
(b) Decaying animals.
(c) Mold and dirt.
(d) Cleaning products.

15. What color do the men say Ariel’s costume should be?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix see when he looks at himself through Miranda’s eyes?

2. Where does Hag-Seed begin?

3. What does Felix include in the cast list for Anne-Marie?

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

5. What is it that Felix says under his breath, to Miranda?

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