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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. What happens when the glass maker returns to Murano after the cabin boy helped him with his boxes?
(a) Work is so backed up he cannot rest.
(b) So many coworkers fall ill they have to stop production.
(c) He dies.
(d) He gets married.

2. Chapter 11 describes the events that needed to take place in order for the pestilence to reach where in 1596?
(a) The Hewlands.
(b) London, England.
(c) Oxford, England.
(d) Warwickshire, England.

3. What does the animal the cabin boy encountered leave on his body before his owner jerks him away?
(a) Urine.
(b) Feces.
(c) Three fleas.
(d) Bite marks.

4. After the animal climbs on the boy, what does his owner try to demand from the cabin boy?
(a) To take the animal.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothing.

5. Where does Agnes’s husband begin working after he stops selling gloves in London?
(a) A tavern.
(b) Playhouses.
(c) An inn.
(d) A glassmaker’s shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?

2. Which family member is described as being “furious with the world” (236) after Hamnet’s death?

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

4. Where does Bartholomew suggest Agnes’s husband go for work after she tells her brother of his mood?

5. Who is the first person seeking a cure that Agnes agrees to see after Hamnet’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What moment sets Agnes in tears while she is sewing her son’s burial shroud?

2. What do Susanna and Judith force Agnes to do while she is sitting with Hamnet’s pebble collection?

3. What plan does Bartholomew come up with in Chapter 12 after Agnes tells of her husband’s changed mood?

4. Why does Agnes leave her apartment early in the morning at the start of Chapter 10?

5. What visions does Agnes have regarding her husband’s life in London on his first visit after their son’s funeral when he gives her a bracelet?

6. Why is there a bit of a rush to bury Hamnet after his death?

7. What does Agnes begin to notice about her husband in Chapter 12 and what does she say when she speaks to him about it?

8. What is the second event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?

9. What is the first event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?

10. How does Judith end up encountering the boxes with the flea-ridden rags?

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