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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Tony’s job at the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?

4. How is Shakespeare’s prose represented in Hag-Seed?

5. Who came out to see Felix off after Tony fired him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the prison like for Felix, and what kind of arrangements have been made for his security?

2. How does Felix get the men to want to play Ariel?

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

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

5. What effect did Miranda’s death have on Felix?

6. What do the inmates think about Caliban, and what problem does this cause for Felix?

7. What are some of he insults Bent Pencil collects from the Tempest?

8. How does Felix defend Prospero against the inmates’ distrust?

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

10. How does Felix cast his Tempest?

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