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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 is Felix brushing when Part I begins?

2. Who fantasizes about the ideal society in the Tempest?

3. What part of Felix’ plan is he apprehensive about, after getting the men to warm to Ariel and Miranda?

4. Why do so many men want to play Caliban?

5. How does Felix solve the problem of who will play Miranda?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What effect did Miranda’s death have on Felix?

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

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

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

8. What is Tony Price’s role in Hag-Seed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages of including so much back story, with Felix being fired from the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival? How does Atwood use this history to establish her characters? What are the dangers of traveling back in time so far, from the present moment where most of the novel’s action takes place? Does Atwood pull it off effectively?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of Hag-Seed. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

When is Hag-Seed most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

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