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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne-Marie have tattooed on her as reminder of her production of the Tempest at Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?
(a) An island.
(b) A bee.
(c) A cannibal.
(d) A sorcerer’s staff.

2. How does Felix defend Prospero’s actions in relation to Caliban?
(a) Solidarity with Ariel.
(b) Self-defense.
(c) Right of ownership.
(d) Progress.

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

4. What did Felix’ wife die of?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Car crash.
(c) Staph infection.
(d) Meningitis.

5. What objection do Leggs and others make, to the Tempest?
(a) There is not a love interest.
(b) Prospero is too old.
(c) It has a fairy in it.
(d) The play is too American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Felix brushing when Part I begins?

2. What kinds of books does Felix read from the library, while living in the hovel?

3. How does Felix convince the inmates to stage the Tempest?

4. How will Felix solve the problem of casting the female goddesses?

5. What is Felix’ policy on cursing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Felix expanded his course offering into four courses at Fletcher County Correctional Institute?

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

3. What are the productions like, that Felix stages at the Fletcher County Correctional Institute?

4. How is time structured at the beginning of Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed?

5. How is Shakespeare’s the Tempest presented in Hag-Seed?

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

7. What is Anne-Marie doing in the video Felix shows the inmates, and what is their reaction?

8. What did Felix occupy his time with, after he moved away from the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival?

9. What do the inmates think about Caliban, and what problem does this cause for Felix?

10. What kind of suspense is created in the opening scene?

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