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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Pp. 245-74.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first animal to die on the cabin boy’s ship?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A rat.

2. Which family member is described as being “furious with the world” (236) after Hamnet’s death?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Judith.
(c) Hamnet’s father.
(d) Edmond.

3. What does Hamnet notice on Judith’s neck after he returns to her chamber in Chapter 1?
(a) Oval shaped swelling.
(b) Scratches.
(c) Tiny red blotches.
(d) Blue-green Bruises.

4. Who does Agnes find looking pale at the bottom of the stairs at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Judith.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Hamnet.

5. Who does Joan tell the Latin Tutor Agnes will be marrying?
(a) An innkeeper.
(b) A government official.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A schoolteacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John see Agnes’s pregnancy was a good thing for him?

2. Whose initial calmness in regards to Agnes’s pregnancy surprised the tutor in Chapter 4?

3. What name does Joan call Agnes when she discovered she was pregnant?

4. Which of her husband’s relatives does Agnes foresee dying after having many children?

5. What did the Latin tutor begin to do on the days he did not have to tutor?

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