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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Felix convince the inmates to stage the Tempest?

2. What does Felix say would complete his humiliation?

3. What causes a voice to yell “Lockdown!” to the audience in the prologue of Hag-Seed?

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

5. Which part can Felix not immediately see an actor for, in his first meeting with the inmates to stage the Tempest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. How does Felix cast his Tempest?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of women in Hag-Seed? What are the dominant ideas about femininity, who holds them, and how are they acted out? Who resists those ideas, and how do they resist them effectively?

Essay Topic 2

What topics would you like to research further, after reading Hag-Seed? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Hag-Seed.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the ending of Hag-Seed. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

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