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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does Leggs say Felix should direct next?
(a) Ariel bringing justice from the clouds.
(b) Caliban getting revenge on the people who tormented him.
(c) Gonzalo setting up his perfect state.
(d) Prospero struggling to rule his unruly daughter.

2. What does SnakeEye do to close Felix’ throat with emotion?
(a) Raps off a flawless recitation of his lines.
(b) Proposes good ideas for staging the opening scene.
(c) Describes Prospero’s feelings about his lost life.
(d) Proposes to Anne-Marie.

3. What does Felix want Anne-Marie to rehearse first?
(a) The parts with Ferdinand.
(b) The parts with the whole cast.
(c) The parts with Prospero.
(d) The parts with Caliban.

4. What does Felix say is the last prison, which the men had not identified yet?
(a) The play itself.
(b) His captivity by magic.
(c) His powerlessness before Fate.
(d) His grief over his lost wife.

5. Who does Prospero need to set him free?
(a) The audience.
(b) The players.
(c) Miranda.
(d) The playwright.

6. What does Felix bring with him to rehearsal, as a gift to the men?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Books.
(d) Quality coffee.

7. What is Anne-Marie’s objection to Team Antonio’s predictions?
(a) They overlook the goodness of people like Gonzalo.
(b) They underestimate Prospero’s resourcefulness.
(c) They treat Miranda like a passive victim.
(d) They neglect to account for Sycorax’ magic.

8. What does Felix have to do, to go on a cruise for free?
(a) Give some lectures.
(b) Do magic tricks for the passengers.
(c) Direct the cruise’s theatre workshops.
(d) Reprise his role as Prospero.

9. What is Felix doing at the start of the epilogue?
(a) Burying Miranda’s picture.
(b) Boarding a cruise ship.
(c) Packing his shanty.
(d) Burning his magician coat.

10. What thought experiment does Tony indulge in the cell?
(a) Backing Sebert for party leader.
(b) Fighting free from the prison.
(c) Sal and Lonnie dying.
(d) Getting revenge on Felix.

11. Why do the dignitaries want to leave the prison as soon as possible?
(a) It is going to snow.
(b) They expect the show to be boring.
(c) The prison is filthy.
(d) The prison is dangerous.

12. Why is Felix delighted to hear Estelle’s news?
(a) It will rally his men.
(b) It means the ministers are blind to his trap.
(c) It will make his position stronger.
(d) It will allow him to operate in the dark.

13. What are the dignitaries told, by way of orientation to the theatre piece?
(a) That they are coming into Prospero’s protection.
(b) That they are entering a dangerous situation.
(c) That they are part of an experimental theatre performance.
(d) That they are arriving during a prison riot.

14. Where does Felix go to work after Fletcher County Correctional Institute?
(a) A hardware store.
(b) The Makeshiweg Theatre Festival.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) The ministry of justice.

15. What does Team Ariel conclude about Ariel’s nature?
(a) They say he embodies Prospero’s revenge.
(b) They say he is a creature of literature.
(c) They say he is a holographic projection of the weather.
(d) They say he is a cupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leverage does Felix gain over Tony during the scene in the cell?

2. What does Bent Pencil say he thinks happens to Caliban after the play?

3. What color cups do Tony Price and Sebert Stanley get, at Felix’ performance?

4. What does Felix say he had thought the end-game of his play had been?

5. What position are Sebert Stanley and Sal O’Nally competing for?

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