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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't Gerutha enjoy about her visit to Feng's estate?
(a) She doesn't like the conversations with Feng.
(b) She doesn't like the food.
(c) She doesn't like riding with Feng.
(d) She doesn't like the idea of falconry.

2. What does Gerutha do to pass the sleigh trip after the wedding?
(a) She practices sitting pretty.
(b) She goes to sleep.
(c) She makes thorny comments at Horwendil.
(d) She talks sweetly to Horwendil.

3. What happens to Horwendil as he becomes a more accomplished king?
(a) He becomes increasingly more distant to Gerutha.
(b) He becomes more interested in other women.
(c) He becomes more romantic.
(d) He becomes a much better warrior with age.

4. How is Feng different with Gerutha than with other women?
(a) With Gerutha he is a wild flirt.
(b) With Gerutha he is hasty and rude.
(c) With Gerutha he is well-behaved and attentive.
(d) With Gerutha he is hot tempered and violent.

5. Why is the importance of displaying the bloody bed sheet?
(a) It proves that Gerutha was not a virgin.
(b) It proves that any son born by Gerutha is from Horwendil.
(c) It means that Horwendil is having an affair.
(d) It means that Gerutha is sick.

6. Which word best describes Horwendil's behavior with the songbirds that he has given Gerutha?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Tender.
(d) Brutish.

7. Why does Gerutha move back to Elsinore?
(a) To take care of her father.
(b) To give birth to her son.
(c) To make Horwendil angry.
(d) To become queen.

8. Which statement best describes Gerutha's response to the songbirds?
(a) Confused and silent.
(b) Sad and empathetic.
(c) Angry and frusterated.
(d) Quietly content.

9. What advise does Corambus give Gerutha to make her think less about her marriage?
(a) He tells her to stop gossiping and be a better wife.
(b) He tells her to sleep more.
(c) He tells her to speak to Horwendil about her feelings.
(d) He tells her to read less and exercise more.

10. Who is Laertes?
(a) Hamlet's father.
(b) Ona's father.
(c) Ophelia's brother.
(d) Gerutha's brother.

11. Where do the names in Part 3 of the story come from?
(a) From the source used by Shakespeare, which was probably German in origin.
(b) From John Updike's sources.
(c) From Shakespeare's previous drama, since the story is a sequel.
(d) From an old English reprint of the second edition.

12. Who is Gerutha´s handmaiden?
(a) Corambus' sister.
(b) Ona.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Herda.

13. What is unfair about how Rorik treats Horwendil compared to how he treats Feng?
(a) Rorik allows Feng to hunt with his horses during the their visit.
(b) Rorik gives Horwendil a larger manor than Feng when the brothers come to visit.
(c) Rorik pays Horwendil double the money of Feng, although the brothers completed the same service.
(d) Rorik allows Feng to visit Gerutha more than Horwendil.

14. What is Gerutha's interpretation of the songbirds singing?
(a) That they are singing about love.
(b) That they are singing about their past.
(c) That they are singing about their imprisionment.
(d) That they are singing about their happiness.

15. Which character reflects on a difficulty in loving Hamlet?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) King Hamlet.
(d) Ona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerutha think about Horwendil?

2. Which point sparks the argument over Amleth leaving to study in the next year?

3. Which is evidence that Horwendil does not really love Gerutha?

4. How does Horwendil respond to Gerutha's thorniness?

5. In the springtime after Gerutha and Horwendil's wedding, what is happening to Rorik?

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