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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 Orlando begin thinking about on her way home near the end of the book?

2. What does Orlando put down the archduke's clothes that makes him leave her?

3. What year does the author say it is after King Edward takes the throne?

4. What does Orlando buy just before setting sail to England for the first time as a woman?

5. What does Orlando say is the real difference between the great poets and the rest of the world in regards to their ability to express their feelings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Orlando's servants at her country estate treat her when she arrives there for the first time as a woman?

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

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

5. How does Orlando react after she realizes everyone around her is wearing a wedding ring in Chapter 5?

6. What does Orlando do when she begins dressing up like a man regularly?

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

8. Why does Orlando think she must get married despite not wanting to after becoming a woman?

9. What is the nature of Orlando's conversation with the archduchess when Orlando invites her inside in Chapter 4?

10. What does Orlando do after she finishes her poem "The Oak Tree"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's use of historical details in the book. What might the author be saying about the nature of history based on her portrayal of historical details within the text?

Essay Topic 2

Gender plays a vital role throughout the book with many of the characters.

Part 1.) What can the reader learn about the different treatment of men and women based on Orlando's journey in the book?

Part 2.) What might the author be saying about gender based on her tendency to reveal her characters to have been both male and female at one point in their life?

Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the possibility of having a balance or duality of both male and female qualities based on her portrayal of gender in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of the narrator in the book. What tone is the narrator trying to set in the book, and what reasons can be given for this?

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