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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. Who enters at the end of Chapter 3 and commands Susanna help with dinner?

2. What was the name of Eliza and her brother’s older sibling who died?

3. Which of her husband’s relatives does Agnes foresee dying after having many children?

4. How does Eliza’s brother describe Agnes to her?

5. What does Agnes’s mother call her garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sign of Agnes’s mother appears to her at the wedding?

2. How does Agnes finally see Hamnet in Chapter 5?

3. Describe Hamnet’s encounter with his drunk grandfather in Chapter 1 when he is searching for help with his sister.

4. Why does the Latin tutor’s father receive the news of Agnes’s pregnancy much calmer than his mother?

5. Where does Agnes sleep until the wedding?

6. Who is the first person with whom the Latin tutor discusses his relationship with Agnes?

7. How do Agnes and Mary work together in Chapter 7 when they discover Judith is sick?

8. Who catches the tutor’s eye while he peers outside the window of Hewlands, and how does he feel about her?

9. Who taughter Eliza and her sister Anne to read and how?

10. How is Hamnet said to behave at school in Chapter 1?

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 analyzing the significance of the performance of the play Hamlet at the end of the novel. What does it symbolize in regards to the story and Agnes’s journey?

Essay Topic 3

In Hamnet, the author never mentions Agnes’s husband’s name, though it is known that it is William Shakespeare. Analyze the author’s choice to omit his name from the novel.

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