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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act II, Scene 8?
(a) Harry and Ginny Potter's House, Staircase.
(b) Hut-on-the-Rock.
(c) St. Oswald's Home for Old Witches and Wizards.
(d) Hogwarts, Hospital Wing.

2. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act II, Scene 2?
(a) Privet Drive, Cupboard Under the Stars.
(b) Hut-on-the-Rock.
(c) The Roof of the Hogwarts Express.
(d) Harry and Ginny Potter's House, Staircase.

3. Who tells Amos there is a reason to trust Albus in Act I, Scene 14?
(a) Lily.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Harry.
(d) Ron.

4. What is the setting for the dream that plays out in Act II, Scene 1?
(a) Harry and Ginny Potter's House, Kitchen.
(b) St. Oswald's Home for Old Witches and Wizards.
(c) Privet Drive, Cupboard Under the Stars.
(d) Hut-on-the-Rock.

5. What is the setting for the dream in Act I, Scene 8?
(a) Hut-on-the-Rock.
(b) King's Cross.
(c) Godric's Hollow.
(d) The Great Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the "Transition Scene" in Act I, Scene 4 begin?

2. How frequently does Harry say he and his wife wrote to James while he was away at school last year in Act I, Scene 1?

3. Who speaks to Harry from a painting on the wall in Act II, Scene 8?

4. What is the third school that participates in the Triwizard Tournament in Act II, Scene 7?

5. What is the setting established in the stage directions for Act I, Scene 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the playwright incorporate the audience into the action of the play? What effects does this have?

2. What is the setting for Act I, Scene 2? How does the Potter family reach this setting?

3. With whom does Harry discuss his situation with his son in Act II, Scene 8? What is said?

4. Who is Rubeus Hagrid and what role did he play in the earlier works in the Harry Potter novels?

5. What transitions are seen in Act I, Scene 4? Why does the author include this scene?

6. Whom does Harry encounter in Forbidden Forest as he searches for Harry in Act II, Scene 5? What information does this character relate to Harry?

7. How is the setting of Act II, Scene 7 described? What year is it in this scene?

8. Why do you think Rose wants to rekindle her friendship with Albus in Act I, Scene 10?

9. Why does Albus tell Scorpius they need to depart the train in Act I, Scene 10?

10. Describe the genre of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What form does the work take?

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