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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 pub.
(b) His home town.
(c) A friend’s house.
(d) A place to lay low.

2. What is Felix’ policy on cursing?
(a) Only curses that are used in the play are acceptable.
(b) Cursing will be punished by extra reading.
(c) No cursing at all.
(d) Curses are rated for flair and panache.

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

4. Why do so many men want to play Caliban?
(a) Because he gets to attempt crimes.
(b) Because he knows where everything is.
(c) Because they understand him.
(d) Because he spends his days fishing.

5. How does Felix convince the inmates to stage the Tempest?
(a) He says that it is about prisoners.
(b) He says that it is about violent revenge.
(c) He says that it is about magic.
(d) He says that it is about love.

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

7. How does Felix solve the problem of who will play Ariel?
(a) He says that all the actors will rotate through that part.
(b) He says that they will deal with that later.
(c) He says that Ariel will be a puppet.
(d) He says that he will hire an actress for Ariel.

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

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

10. What does Felix give up his Mustang for, during his exile?
(a) A Volkswagen.
(b) A Volvo.
(c) A Peugeot.
(d) A Saab.

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

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

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

14. How many prisons does Felix say there are in the Tempest?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anne-Marie’s suggestion for the parts of Iris, Ceres and Juno?

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

3. What does Felix tell the men, to make them warm up to Ariel?

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

5. What does Felix do once he stops fantasizing about revenge against Tony?

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