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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. How does Horwendil respond to Gerutha's thorniness?
(a) He becomes angry and violent.
(b) He is amused.
(c) He loves her more.
(d) He becomes frusterated and leaves her.

2. Which words best describe Feng?
(a) Artistic and quiet.
(b) Forceful and brutish.
(c) Attractive and entertaining.
(d) Melancholic and violent.

3. How does Rorik attempt to change Gerutha's opinion of Horwendil?
(a) He tells her a fairytale.
(b) He reminds her that she can not have an opinion because she is a woman.
(c) He tells her the story of Ona and himself.
(d) He explains to her that it is her duty to marry Horwendil.

4. What is the important event that occurs in the springtime for Gerutha.
(a) She becomes queen.
(b) She finds out she is pregnant.
(c) She goes to visit her mother.
(d) She throws an extravagent brithday party.

5. Who is Sandro?
(a) Feng's squire.
(b) Ona's brother.
(c) Ophelia's lover.
(d) Horwendil's childhood friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the names in Part 3 of the story come from?

2. Gerutha feels that her feelings for Amleth are inadequate as a mother. What does she believe is the source of this?

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

4. Where does the original ancient Hamlet legend come from?

5. Who is Magrit married to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gerutha find disturbing about falconry?

2. Describe how Gerutha, Horwendil, Amblet, and Feng's names change in parts 2 and 3 of the story.

3. Describe Feng's personality and character.

4. Describe Horwendil's personality.

5. Describe Gerutha on her wedding night.

6. Describe Gerutha's prediction of Horwendil as a husband.

7. What is similar between Bathsheba, the falcon whose eyes are sealed, and the characters of Gerutha and Feng?

8. Why do Horwendil and Gerutha fight over Amleth leaving for school?

9. Describe the conversation Gerutha has with Corambus about her son Amleth.

10. Describe how the songbirds, a gift from Horwendil, demonstrate the difference between the personalities of Horwendil and Gerutha.

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