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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Felix say people on the outside would do to get the instruction he is giving the inmates?
(a) Kill.
(b) Pay huge sums.
(c) Betray their friends.
(d) Wait for years.

2. What does Anne-Marie say the rumors had claimed, about Felix’ disappearance from Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?
(a) That Tony had killed him.
(b) That he had fled the law.
(c) That he had dead suddenly.
(d) That he had had a scandalous affair.

3. How is Shakespeare’s prose represented in Hag-Seed?
(a) As rap.
(b) As impressionistic dance.
(c) As music.
(d) Verbatim.

4. What would Felix serve at his cast parties?
(a) Grilled cheese and hot chocolate.
(b) Beer and hot dogs.
(c) Ginger ale and potato chips.
(d) Pot roast and ale.

5. What furniture is in the hovel Felix rents?
(a) An armoire and a table.
(b) The place is unfurnished.
(c) Only a lamp.
(d) A full bedroom set and nothing else.

6. How will Felix solve the problem of casting the female goddesses?
(a) He will play them himself.
(b) He will rotate men through those roles.
(c) He will omit their scenes.
(d) He will use puppets.

7. How many of the inmates want to play Caliban?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

8. What does Felix refer to as the “dead husk of his drowned self” (63)?
(a) His Prospero robe.
(b) The Makeshiweg Theatre Festival.
(c) His old car.
(d) His photos of his wife and Miranda.

9. Who fantasizes about the ideal society in the Tempest?
(a) Alonso.
(b) Ferdinand.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Gonzalo.

10. What is it that Felix says under his breath, to Miranda?
(a) He will free himself.
(b) He will free her.
(c) He will avenge himself.
(d) He will not fail.

11. What does Felix tell his actors they become when they come to his class?
(a) Free.
(b) Their true selves.
(c) His workers.
(d) A clean slate.

12. What does Felix do once he stops fantasizing about revenge against Tony?
(a) Research Tony’s life.
(b) Start a smear campaign.
(c) Take up guitar.
(d) Distract himself.

13. How does Felix characterize the prison employees’ opinions about how damaged the prisoners are?
(a) Liberal projection.
(b) An underestimate.
(c) Twaddle.
(d) Lies.

14. What do the audience members attribute the black out to, in the prologue of Hag-Seed?
(a) A prison riot.
(b) A terrorist act.
(c) A routine electrical issue.
(d) A blizzard.

15. What are Bert and Maude, Felix’ new landlords, farming?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Corn.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Alfalfa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show brought Anne-Marie back to theatre?

2. What improvement does Felix make to the hovel?

3. Where does Hag-Seed begin?

4. How does Felix describe what he is doing by renting the hovel?

5. What reason does Felix give for declining to seduce Tony’s wife as revenge?

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