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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 is the Latin tutor shocked to see in the parlor after Eliza had told him to go home in Chapter 4?

2. What does Susanna imagine other mothers are doing while her mother is out “gathering weeds...muddying her boots” (53)?

3. What part of the tutor’s body does Agnes press when they first meet?

4. Agnes vows she will leave Hewlands when she finds this, which she got from her mother.

5. In what city is Judith’s father living while she is sick in the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do people describe Agnes, the eldest daughter at Hewlands?

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

4. What is the story people tell of Agnes’s mother as described in Chapter 2?

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

6. How does Joan react to Agnes’s pregnancy in Chapter 4, and how does Bartholomew respond?

7. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she finds he and Agnes walking hand-in-hand?

8. How does the Latin tutor feel about tutoring after meeting Agnes, and how does he begin to behave at home?

9. Who is Hamnet looking for at the start of the novel and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of Hamnet. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the novel to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing some of the imagery used in Hamnet. Try to find examples that involve each of the five senses. How does the author’s use of imagery impact the reader?

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