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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 helps Agnes’s husband broker a deal for a new home for Agnes and her children?

2. What does Agnes’s husband confess to her at the start of Chapter 12 after she says he looks ill?

3. Who carries Agnes away after she has given birth to Susanna?

4. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?

5. What town has Judith’s father gone to at the start of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hamnet’s father worry about staying away from London for too long after his son’s funeral?

2. 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?

3. What does Agnes begin to notice about her husband in Chapter 12 and what does she say when she speaks to him about it?

4. What does Agnes’s husband propose he will do since she cannot move the family to London?

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

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

7. How do Hamnet and Judith change places in Chapter 17, and what happens to Hamnet at the end?

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

9. What plan does Bartholomew come up with in Chapter 12 after Agnes tells of her husband’s changed mood?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Agnes’s relationship with her husband. Use examples from the text to show how their relationship develops over time and how it represents the themes of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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