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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. Why is the cabin boy ordered to leave the ship in Chapter 11?
2. What do the coworker of the artisan use to cushion the glass beads before shipping them off?
3. What happens to the artisan’s fingers after the disastrous event in his workplace?
4. What year is it at the start of Chapter 10?
5. What happens when the glass maker returns to Murano after the cabin boy helped him with his boxes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Agnes’s reaction when her brother shows her the house he helped her husband purchase in Stratford?
2. How does the letter finally reach Judith’s father in Chapter 15?
3. What does Eliza write to her brother regarding Judith in Chapter 13?
4. What do Susanna and Judith force Agnes to do while she is sitting with Hamnet’s pebble collection?
5. What is the second event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?
6. 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?
7. What does Agnes begin to notice about her husband in Chapter 12 and what does she say when she speaks to him about it?
8. What signifies to Agnes that she is pregnant again in Chapter 12, and what meaning does this have?
9. What is the first event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?
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 analyzing the symbolic significance of rowan berries in Hamnet. Use examples from the text to support your argument.
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 comparing and contrasting the families of Agnes and her husband. How do these differences play out in the storyline?
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