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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 leverage does Felix gain over Tony during the scene in the cell?

2. How does Felix describe his belief that Miranda is alive with him?

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

4. Who remains awake while some of the dignitaries drift off into a drugged sleep?

5. What does Felix say is the last prison, which the men had not identified yet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anne-Marie say in Miranda’s defense?

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

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

4. What arrangements does Felix make with 8Handz?

5. What happens to Felix when he goes on the cruise?

6. How do Freddie and Miranda wrap up the play Felix has staged?

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

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

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

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

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

Miranda reminds Felix that the rarer art is in forgiveness than revenge. In what way does Hag-Seed practice forgiveness? In what way does it practice revenge? Does Felix treat those terms as simple, in his planning, or does he complicate the meaning of those terms?

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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