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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 describe his belief that Miranda is alive with him?

2. What do the security guards take from Anne-Marie on her way into the prison?

3. Which of Felix’ actors has qualms about the legality of Felix’ plans?

4. What story does Leggs say Felix should direct next?

5. Whose voice does 8Handz hear in his headset as he speaks his lines with Felix?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Miranda put an end to the play Felix is running?

4. How do Freddie and Anne-Marie become close throughout the performance?

5. What is the surprise Leggs has for Felix?

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

7. What does Felix say was the ultimate goal of staging the Tempest?

8. What is the significance of the song “merrily, merrily” which 8Handz hears in his headset?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 3

Where were you most engaged with Hag-Seed? Where were you most liable to distraction or least engaged? How did Atwood construct her book in a way that would keep you interested and curious about how events would play out?

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