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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 moment Agnes cries after Hamnet’s death?
(a) When her husband comes home.
(b) When Judith asks if he will ever come back.
(c) When she is first alone with his body.
(d) When Mary comes to help her.

2. What does Agnes suspect her husband has been doing in London when he first visits after Hamnet’s funeral?
(a) Not working at all.
(b) Working too hard.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Seeing other women.

3. What does Hamnet’s body lie on top of at the start of Part II?
(a) A pallet on the floor.
(b) A door laid across two barrels.
(c) The couch.
(d) The table.

4. What does the physicians wife ask Hamnet if Judith has before pushing him away?
(a) Buboes.
(b) A fever.
(c) A stomach ache.
(d) A rash.

5. What part of the tutor’s body does Agnes press when they first meet?
(a) His thigh.
(b) His biceps.
(c) His face.
(d) The space between his thumb and forefinger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Agnes’s mother doing when she died?

2. What town has Judith’s father gone to at the start of Chapter 15?

3. Who carries Agnes away after she has given birth to Susanna?

4. Who is the first to come home in Chapter 3 after Hamnet, not knowing Hamnet and Judith are upstairs?

5. What did the women do to the bedding after Hamnet died?

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