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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Agnes’s husband worry about leaving London even after the roads are clear?
(a) He worries he cannot afford it.
(b) He worries he will lose his place as a playwright.
(c) He does not wish to acknowledge Hamnet has died.
(d) He has a fear of traveling.

2. Who helps Agnes’s husband broker a deal for a new home for Agnes and her children?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) Gilbert.
(c) Edmond.
(d) John.

3. What does Agnes notice about Hamnet when she wakes in Chapter 17?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He fell asleep.
(c) He has left.
(d) He has been up all night stoking the fire.

4. What are Mary and her son fighting about at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) His wife’s strange behavior.
(b) Him having more children.
(c) Him moving to London.
(d) His lack of work.

5. While in labor in Chapter 16, Agnes thinks of a letter from her husband describing what in great detail?
(a) His apartment.
(b) Costumes.
(c) The streets of London.
(d) Gloves.

6. What does Mary tell Agnes she must do to her son after he is born because she did it to her sons and they all grew to be strong?
(a) Sing to him.
(b) Rock him.
(c) Swaddle him.
(d) Nurse him.

7. Who helps Judith’s father get a horse to go to Stratford after he receives the letter of her ailing health?
(a) A fellow playwright.
(b) Heminge.
(c) A stranger.
(d) An actor.

8. What does Mary help Agnes do at night after everyone has left after Hamnet died?
(a) Make the shroud.
(b) Pick flowers.
(c) Clean his body.
(d) Write to her husband.

9. What happens to the artisan’s fingers after the disastrous event in his workplace?
(a) They turn black.
(b) They are stuck together.
(c) They cannot move.
(d) They have to be amputated.

10. Who carries Agnes away after she has given birth to Susanna?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Bartholomew.
(d) John.

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

12. How does Agnes behave after Hamnet’s death?
(a) She spends most of her time at Hewlands.
(b) She keeps busy so as not to focus on her loss.
(c) She becomes angry at everyone.
(d) She is depressed and cannot cook or clean.

13. Why does Agnes’s husband say he will not be able to come home until after winter?
(a) The roads are too bad.
(b) He hates leaving in the cold.
(c) He has been sick.
(d) He has too much work.

14. What insect comes between Agnes’s brother and husband allowing her husband to free himself from Bartholomew’s grasp in Chapter 10?
(a) A mosquito.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A flea.
(d) A bee.

15. Who is sent to Hewlands to look for Agnes in Chapter 10 while she is in labor?
(a) Eliza.
(b) John.
(c) Edmond.
(d) Ned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the coworker of the artisan use to cushion the glass beads before shipping them off?

2. What does Agnes’s husband confess to her at the start of Chapter 12 after she says he looks ill?

3. Where does Agnes’s husband tell her he wants to buy a house for the family?

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

5. What Shakespearen play is quoted at the beginning of Part II of Hamnet?

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