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

2. How does Felix describe his production with the men Anne-Marie calls “crims” (143)?
(a) A beautiful challenge.
(b) A hilarious farce.
(c) A dangerous, risky opportunity.
(d) More real than real.

3. 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 Miranda to marry Ferdinand.
(d) Getting Alonso to abandon Antonio.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Felix characterize the prison employees’ opinions about how damaged the prisoners are?

3. What does Felix say he was distracted by, that put him in the position he is in?

4. Where does Hag-Seed begin?

5. What does Felix say Tony did to him, before he seized power?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Shakespeare’s the Tempest presented in Hag-Seed?

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

3. How does Felix cast his Tempest?

4. What is Felix’ policy on cursing during rehearsals?

5. What problems do the players have with the idea of doing the Tempest?

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

7. How did Felix approach Anne-Marie about playing Miranda?

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

9. How is Tony Price doing, in the first five years of Felix’ exile to the shanty?

10. What is Felix’ relationship with his daughter’s memory like?

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