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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 is the first animal to die on the cabin boy’s ship?
2. What animal catches the cabin boy’s attention after he leaves the ship in Chapter 11?
3. After Agnes has the twins, why does it become unlikely the family will join their father in London?
4. Why does Judith think her father does not come to visit after Hamnet’s death?
5. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mary feel regarding Judith’s illness at the start of Chapter 13?
2. What is the first event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?
3. What does Agnes make Mary promise when she feels she is going to die after delivering her twins?
4. What does Eliza write to her brother regarding Judith in Chapter 13?
5. How does the letter finally reach Judith’s father in Chapter 15?
6. Why does Hamnet’s father worry about staying away from London for too long after his son’s funeral?
7. What does Hamnet think he can do in regards to letting Judith live, and how does he attempt to do this?
8. What is the second event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?
9. What signifies to Agnes that she is pregnant again in Chapter 12, and what meaning does this have?
10. How does Judith end up encountering the boxes with the flea-ridden rags?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Agnes’s husband and her brother Bartholomew. Use direct examples from the text to support your comparison.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing gender roles in Hamnet. How are they apparent in the story, and in what ways are these roles the same or different today? Use specific examples from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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