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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 Anne-Marie say Miranda would have been doing while Prospero was having his naps?

2. What does Felix tell Miranda about, for the first time, after his shopping trip?

3. What does Felix buy on his second shopping trip?

4. What news does Estelle have to meet with Felix urgently, to tell him?

5. What is Anne-Marie’s response when Felix asks her how it is going with Freddie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Team Hag-Seed say Caliban would have done after the play?

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

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

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

8. Why is Felix not finished with his work, when he is driving away from the Fletcher County Correctional Institute after the play?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

What is the role of marriage in Hag-Seed? What work do marriages accomplish? What do characters need them to accomplish? What makes a good marriage, according to this novel?

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