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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 is the name of the person who takes over the throne after Queen Elizabeth and accepts Orlando back into the royal court?
(a) Queen Mary.
(b) King William.
(c) Queen Anne.
(d) King James.

2. What is the name of the royal who Orlando asks to assign him an ambassador position outside England?
(a) King James.
(b) Queen Anne.
(c) King Charles.
(d) Queen Mary.

3. How long is Orlando's Russian lover missing when he decides to go looking for her on her ship?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) An hour and a half.

4. How many rooms does Orlando tell the gypsies that her old house had?
(a) 175.
(b) 235.
(c) 365.
(d) 50.

5. What does Orlando see a gypsy sitting on underneath her window?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A dog.
(d) A pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the women who danced around Orlando while he slept?

2. What routine does Orlando develop at the place where he is sent after his affair with Sasha?

3. What does the author reveal will not change again about Orlando after he awakes in Turkey?

4. What does the doctor who comes to see Orlando about his deep sleep prescribe to him?

5. Which of the following women does Orlando find NOT to be marriage material in the royal court?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John Briggs's recording of Orlando's banquet for becoming a duke described?

2. How is Orlando's conversation with Nicolas Greene described when the poet first comes to visit Orlando at his estate?

3. What happens in Turkey on the seventh day of Orlando's sleep in Chapter 3?

4. How does Queen Elizabeth show her affections for Orlando?

5. What is the nature of the diagnosis the doctor gives to Orlando in Chapter 2?

6. How is Orlando's encounter with a Moor at the beginning of the book described?

7. How does Orlando adapt to the Turkish lifestyle after moving to Constantinople?

8. What does Orlando do after he realizes he is in love with the archduchess at the end of Chapter 2?

9. Why is Orlando's affair with Sasha considered scandalous when it begins?

10. Describe the actions of the three women who begin dancing around Orlando as he sleeps in Turkey.

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