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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does the father tell them he will come home from London?
2. Which child writes the responses to their father’s letters because Agnes does not write well?
3. In what city is Judith’s father living while she is sick in the apartment?
4. What does Hamnet ask his mother about Judith when she sees her upstairs for the first time in Chapter 7?
5. Where does Agnes feel she falls in the hierarchy of her husband’s family when they first move in?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Latin tutor’s father receive the news of Agnes’s pregnancy much calmer than his mother?
2. How does Agnes finally see Hamnet in Chapter 5?
3. What sign of Agnes’s mother appears to her at the wedding?
4. What did Agnes predict when she was eight, as described in Chapter 2?
5. How do Agnes and Mary work together in Chapter 7 when they discover Judith is sick?
6. In what ways does Agnes feel her family is different from her husband's after they move in together?
7. What does the physician’s wife ask Hamnet when he goes to her house searching for her husband, and how does she react?
8. How does the Latin tutor’s father treat his children, in particular his oldest son?
9. Why does the priest place a linen over Agnes and her husband at the wedding?
10. What is the story people tell of Agnes’s mother as described in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the ending of Hamnet. How do you think this ending ties the story together and reflects the themes of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of Hamnet. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Agnes’s husband and her brother Bartholomew. Use direct examples from the text to support your comparison.
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