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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 does SnakeEye do to close Felix’ throat with emotion?

2. What does Felix bring with him to rehearsal, as a gift to the men?

3. How does Felix say Anne-Marie treats the men?

4. What does Felix say he had thought the end-game of his play had been?

5. Where does Felix tell Tony he has hidden the evidence against him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felix do for work after the production of the Tempest?

2. What is the news Estelle has to meet Felix suddenly, to tell him?

3. What does SnakeEye do to inspire a fit of resentment in Felix?

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

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

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

7. What does the Ariel team conclude about Ariel’s life after the Tempest?

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

9. What metaphor does Tony use, to describe his relationship with Sal O’Nally?

10. What momentary crisis does Felix have in his relationship with 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

Identify the most important plot points in Hag-Seed. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

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