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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Felix refer to as the “dead husk of his drowned self” (63)?
(a) The Makeshiweg Theatre Festival.
(b) His Prospero robe.
(c) His old car.
(d) His photos of his wife and Miranda.

2. What does Bent Pencil identify as the real reason for all of Prospero’s manipulations?
(a) Getting Miranda to marry Ferdinand.
(b) Getting Antonio to wish he were dead.
(c) Getting Alonso to abandon Antonio.
(d) Getting Gonzalo to recognize his legitimacy.

3. What is the good news Estelle has for Felix?
(a) The ministers are coming to visit.
(b) Felix can teach additional courses.
(c) Felix can get a pay raise.
(d) Felix’s films of Shakespeare plays will be broadcast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Felix describe what he is doing by renting the hovel?

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

5. What reason does Felix give for declining to seduce Tony’s wife as revenge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felix do to his identity when he rents the shanty?

2. What did Felix occupy his time with, after he moved away from the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?

3. What does Felix bring with him to remember his daughter?

4. How has Felix expanded his course offering into four courses at Fletcher County Correctional Institute?

5. What causes Felix to change his plan from Henry V to the Tempest?

6. What are the productions like, that Felix stages at the Fletcher County Correctional Institute?

7. What is Anne-Marie doing in the video Felix shows the inmates, and what is their reaction?

8. Who are the enforcers Felix describes in the Tempest?

9. What is Felix’ relationship with his actors like, in the Fletcher Correctional Players?

10. What unseen characters does Felix converse with?

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