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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 is Slytherin the House of?
2. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act II, Scene 9?
3. What pains Harry when he awakens in Act I, Scene 9?
4. What information is revealed in the letter that Harry receives in Act I, Scene 15?
5. What is the platform called that leads to the Hogwarts Express?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the genre of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What form does the work take?
2. What is the setting for Act I, Scene 2? How does the Potter family reach this setting?
3. What do you think is Albus's true objective in using the Time-Turner? Why?
4. 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?
5. Who stands as an obstacle to Harry and Scorpius in Act I, Scene 11? How does this character act as an obstacle?
6. Why would it be controversial if Albus were chosen for the Slytherin House?
7. Why do Harry and his friends decide to go to Forbidden Forest in Act II, Scene 3?
8. Why has Hermione called an emergency meeting in Act I, Scene 12? How does her audience respond to the situation?
9. How is the setting of Act II, Scene 7 described? What year is it in this scene?
10. What transitions are seen in Act I, Scene 4? Why does the author include this scene?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would you describe the relationship between Harry and Ginny Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child? For how long have Harry and Ginny been married? What causes conflict in their relationship in the course of the play?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the characters of Ron and Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. How would you describe the relationship between these characters? What are their relationships to Harry and Ginny? What happens to these characters in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 3
In what ways does Harry Potter and the Cursed Child differ from the novels of the Harry Potter series? How is the format different than the novels? In what ways have the main characters changed in the play?
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