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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 train the guards and inmates to say instead of “break a leg” (77)?
(a) Do it, man.
(b) Break their legs.
(c) Here’s looking at you.
(d) Wish me merde.

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

3. What does the residence smell like, where Felix finds a new home?
(a) Wood and earth.
(b) Decaying animals.
(c) Cleaning products.
(d) Mold and dirt.

4. What is the significance of Felix’ penname, F. Duke?
(a) Duke is his brand of cigarettes.
(b) He grew up in the town of Duke, Illinois.
(c) He was descended from an English duke.
(d) Prospero was a duke.

5. What is it that Felix says under his breath, to Miranda?
(a) He will avenge himself.
(b) He will free her.
(c) He will not fail.
(d) He will free himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who volunteers to be on Team Ariel after Felix’ explanation?

3. When does Felix tell the inmates he will reveal the last of the prisons in the Tempest?

4. When does Part I of Hag-Seed begin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of suspense is created in the opening scene?

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

7. Where does Felix end up after leaving the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?

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

9. What happens when Felix sees himself through Miranda’s eyes for a moment?

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

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