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

2. What show does Anne-Marie work on after the Tempest with Fletcher Correctional Players?
(a) Crazy for You.
(b) Anything Goes.
(c) Guys and Dolls.
(d) Our Town.

3. How does Felix say Anne-Marie treats the men?
(a) Like stupid house plants.
(b) Like clever children.
(c) Like dangerous villains.
(d) Like adorable pets.

4. What is the phrase “scurvy monster” the password for?
(a) Trouble.
(b) Separating the visitors.
(c) Cutting the lights.
(d) Starting the play.

5. Who does Leggs say was Caliban’s only “team” (270)?
(a) Sycorax.
(b) Prospero.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Ariel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the dignitaries echoes Gonzalo’s role, and says that if he were in charge of the prison, there would be “more freedom, not less” (226)?

2. What trait does Bent Pencil attribute to Gonzalo?

3. What has Anne-Marie brought for the cast party?

4. Who does Leggs say is Caliban’s father?

5. What is Felix doing at the start of the epilogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felix tell Sal and Tony when he appears to them as himself?

2. How does Felix frame Tony and Sebert?

3. What momentary crisis does Felix have in his relationship with Miranda?

4. How does Miranda fit in with the other actors on her first day?

5. How does Felix feel about his play when he is five weeks out?

6. What is Sal’s state of mind as he arrives at Fletcher County Correctional Institute for the play?

7. What does Felix tell the ministers—and the other inmates and officials in the prison—in order to camouflage his play within a play?

8. Why is Felix not finished with his work, when he is driving away from the Fletcher County Correctional Institute after the play?

9. What does Felix say is Miranda’s role in the production?

10. What happens to throw WonderBoy and Anne-Marie off their rhythm, after their first successful scene together?

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