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

2. What Shakespearen play is quoted at the beginning of Part II of Hamnet?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Macbeth.

3. What is Judith doing when she sees her father walking down Henley Street in Part II?
(a) Playing with kitten.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Playing with Edmond’s dog.
(d) Washing clothes.

4. Who tells Agnes that they will see to the funeral arrangements in Part II?
(a) Bartholomew.
(b) Mary.
(c) John.
(d) Joan.

5. What does Hamnet do when he pulls the covers over his and his sister’s head in Chapter 13?
(a) He falls asleep.
(b) He prays.
(c) He holds her and cries.
(d) He breathes his strength and health into her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes notice about Hamnet when she wakes in Chapter 17?

2. What member of Agnes’s family ends up handling the box of glass beads and rags from Murano?

3. Who is the person who is certain where Agnes has gone to give birth in chapter 10?

4. After the animal climbs on the boy, what does his owner try to demand from the cabin boy?

5. What does Agnes suspect her husband has been doing in London when he first visits after Hamnet’s funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?

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

3. What does Mary feel regarding Judith’s illness at the start of Chapter 13?

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

5. What does Hamnet think he can do in regards to letting Judith live, and how does he attempt to do this?

6. What is Mary arguing with her son about at the start of Chapter 14, which the nearly two-year-old Susanna watches?

7. What signifies to Agnes that she is pregnant again in Chapter 12, and what meaning does this have?

8. How does the letter finally reach Judith’s father in Chapter 15?

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

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

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