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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. What does Mary help Agnes do at night after everyone has left after Hamnet died?

2. Why does Agnes go outside in the middle of the night in Part II?

3. What does Agnes make Mary promise her when Agnes thinks she is going to die after giving birth to twins?

4. What happens to Hamnet at the very end of Chapter 17?

5. What is the first moment Agnes cries after Hamnet’s death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Hamnet think he can do in regards to letting Judith live, and how does he attempt to do this?

3. What does Agnes make Mary promise when she feels she is going to die after delivering her twins?

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

5. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing your emotional reaction to the scene when Agnes prepares her son’s body for burial. What mood was the author striving for in this scene and was she successful?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the settings in Hamnet. Analyze Henley street, the Hewlands, and London. In what ways are they the same or different? What themes might each setting represent?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance of the water in Hamnet. What does it represent? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.

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