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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 setting is established in the stage directions for Act II, Scene 9?
2. Who is the centaur that appears to Harry in Act II, Scene 5?
3. Whom does Harry refer to as "probably the bravest man I ever knew" in Act I, Scene 2?
4. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act I, Scene 11?
5. What is Slytherin the House of?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Amos Diggory regard Albus and his proposed mission in Act I, Scene 14? Why?
2. What takes place in Harry's dream in Act II, Scene 1? Where is the dream set?
3. How is the setting of Act II, Scene 7 described? What year is it in this scene?
4. How does the playwright incorporate the audience into the action of the play? What effects does this have?
5. What do you think is Albus's true objective in using the Time-Turner? Why?
6. Describe the genre of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What form does the work take?
7. Why has Hermione called an emergency meeting in Act I, Scene 12? How does her audience respond to the situation?
8. Describe Harry's dream in Act I, Scene 8. Where does the dream take place?
9. Who is Rubeus Hagrid and what role did he play in the earlier works in the Harry Potter novels?
10. What changes have occurred as a result of Albus and Scoripus's interference with history in Act II, Scene 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Rose Granger-Weasel in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. How old is Rose when the story begins? How does Rose change as she grows older? What role does Rose play in the plot of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the character of Albus Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. How old is Albus when the play begins? How much does he age in the course of the narrative? How does Albus's character evolve in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of time-travel in the play. What are Albus and Scorpius's objective when they first use the Time-Turner? Do they achieve their objective? Why or why not? What are the repercussions of time-travel in the story?
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