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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 sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?
(a) She moves slightly.
(b) She is breathing.
(c) Her hand is warm.
(d) She feels her heart beat.

2. 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.

3. What did the women do to the bedding after Hamnet died?
(a) Burnt it.
(b) Gave it to a neighbor.
(c) Folded it and boxed it up.
(d) Left it where is was.

4. What happens to Hamnet at the very end of Chapter 17?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is taken by the physician.
(c) He recovers.
(d) He eats soup.

5. Who does Agnes’s husband say has enjoyed his newest play when he writes them in Part II?
(a) The Queen.
(b) The princess.
(c) The King.
(d) The Prince.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to the artisan’s fingers after the disastrous event in his workplace?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Agnes’s reaction when her brother shows her the house he helped her husband purchase in Stratford?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What does Eliza write to her brother regarding Judith in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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