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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 royal that annuls Orlando's lawsuits?
(a) Queen Anne.
(b) King James.
(c) King Charles.
(d) Queen Victoria.

2. Whom does Orlando begin thinking about while out shopping for a new house?
(a) Rosina.
(b) Nell.
(c) Sukey.
(d) Sasha.

3. What does Orlando put down the archduke's clothes that makes him leave her?
(a) A dog.
(b) A rat.
(c) A cat.
(d) A toad.

4. What is Shelmerdine on when Orlando first meets him?
(a) A pig.
(b) A mule.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A horse.

5. What title has Nick Greene earned in the 19th century?
(a) Sir.
(b) King.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Orlando begin hearing voices when she sees a motorcar driving dangerously around London?

2. In what way does Orlando realize she is able to write after she is married?

3. What does Orlando sit down to work on at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. What does Shelmerdine entertain Orlando with?

5. What does Mr. Pope's comments at a party where Orlando meets him do to most people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Orlando and Shelmerdine reveal to one another when they each suggest there is something different about the other after they begin courting?

2. How does Orlando meet Shelmerdine?

3. How does Orlando react after thinking about all her past lives at the end of the book?

4. Why does Orlando go to a bookshop after running into Nicolas Greene on the street?

5. What effect does Orlando realize becoming married has had on her writing?

6. How are Nicolas Greene's accomplishments described in Chapter 6?

7. How is Orlando's walk in the park described in Chapter 5?

8. How is Orlando's attempt at working on her poem described at the beginning of Chapter 6?

9. How does Shelmerdine entertain Orlando when they first begin courting?

10. How is Nicolas Greene described when Orlando runs into him in Chapter 6?

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