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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 has Madam Pomfrey left for Albus to eat in Act II, Scene 8?

2. What is the setting for the dream that plays out in Act II, Scene 1?

3. What magical word do Albus and Delphi say as they touch wands in the beginning of Act II, Scene 4?

4. With whom did Harry Potter participate in the Triwizard Tournament before the event was canceled?

5. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act II, Scene 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Draco Malfoy and what is his relationship to Harry Potter?

5. What is the setting of Act I, Scene1? How is the setting described?

6. What do you think is Albus's true objective in using the Time-Turner? Why?

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why do Harry and his friends decide to go to Forbidden Forest in Act II, Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What is the history between these characters? How does their relationship evolve in the course of the play? Would you characterize Draco as a protagonist or antagonist in this story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What does family mean to the main characters? What are the struggles that the families in the play face? How are these struggles overcome?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of St. Oswald’s Home for Old Witches and Wizards and the character of Amos Diggory in the play. Why do Albus and Scorpius go to see Amos at the nursing home? How does he respond to their proposed mission? Why?

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