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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 I, Scene 11?
(a) King's Cross.
(b) Godric's Hollow.
(c) The Roof of the Hogwarts Express.
(d) Hut-on-the-Rock.

2. What is the setting established in the stage directions for Act I, Scene 13?
(a) The Roof of the Hogwarts Express.
(b) St. Oswald's Home for Old Witches and Wizards.
(c) The Hogwarts Express.
(d) Godric's Hollow.

3. 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?
(a) Three times a week.
(b) One time a week.
(c) One time per month.
(d) Two times per month.

4. What is the setting of Act I, Scene 3?
(a) King's Cross.
(b) Godric's Hollow.
(c) The Great Hall.
(d) The Hogwarts Express.

5. What House is assigned to Rose by the Sorting Hat?
(a) Ravenclaw.
(b) Gryffindor.
(c) Slytherin.
(d) Hufflepuff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act II, Scene 4?

2. What pains Harry when he awakens in Act I, Scene 9?

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

4. What section of the Daily Prophet does Ginny edit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How has Harry Potter changed since the conclusion of the novel series in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?

6. How does Ginny respond when she awakens after Harry's dream in Act I, Scene 9? Why?

7. Why has Hermione called an emergency meeting in Act I, Scene 12? How does her audience respond to the situation?

8. When and where did Harry Potter and the Cursed Child premiere to audiences? How was is received critically?

9. Who stands as an obstacle to Harry and Scorpius in Act I, Scene 11? How does this character act as an obstacle?

10. Why would it be controversial if Albus were chosen for the Slytherin House?

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