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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. What kinds of books does Felix read from the library, while living in the hovel?

2. What is it that Felix says under his breath, to Miranda?

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

4. How does Felix overcome Estelle’s objections about doing Shakespeare in the Literacy Through Literature program?

5. What does Felix include in the cast list for Anne-Marie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Felix’ bath make him think about Prospero and Miranda?

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

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

5. How is Felix let go from the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?

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

7. What is Felix’ relationship with his actors like, in the Fletcher Correctional Players?

8. How is time structured at the beginning of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed?

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

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

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 does the title of this novel mean, according to the definitions given to the term “Hag-Seed” in the book? Who would understand that title in different ways? What does the author accomplish, by giving the title so many resonances?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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