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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 does the thing that controls Orlando's hand do when she is trying to write her poem?
(a) It makes her write well.
(b) It makes her write badly.
(c) It prevents her from writing.
(d) It makes her fall asleep.

2. What does Shelmerdine ask Orlando if she used to be after they begin courting?
(a) A man.
(b) In love with him.
(c) A child.
(d) Happy.

3. Where does Orlando collapse after she goes for a walk after realizing she needs to get married?
(a) On a bench.
(b) Atop a mountain.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) Along a river.

4. Who does Orlando notice walking around the grounds of her country estate in Chapter 4?
(a) Lady O'Brien.
(b) Sukey.
(c) The archduchess.
(d) Sasha.

5. What does Shelmerdine entertain Orlando with?
(a) Jokes about sailors.
(b) Magic tricks.
(c) Stories of his travels.
(d) Sailor dances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orlando see floating in the water during her walk through the park that reminds her of Shelmerdine?

2. What does Orlando realize she is love with when she goes for a walk after realizing she must get married?

3. What does Nick Greene promise to Orlando that he will use his good reputation to get for her poem?

4. How does Shelmerdine's attempts at entertaining Orlando cause her to feel toward his company?

5. What does Orlando accidentally display of herself that causes a sailor onboard a ship to fall overboard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the note Orlando finds at Blackfriars when she first returns there as a woman?

2. How is Orlando's life described once King Edward takes the throne?

3. How does the captain of the ship Orlando boards for England in Chapter 4 treat her when she comes onboard?

4. How is Orlando's meeting with a prostitute named Nell described?

5. Why does Orlando think she must get married despite not wanting to after becoming a woman?

6. What happens when Orlando accidentally shows a bit of ankle on deck of the merchant ship to England?

7. What do Orlando and Shelmerdine reveal to one another when they each suggest there is something different about the other after they begin courting?

8. How is Nicolas Greene described when Orlando runs into him in Chapter 6?

9. How is the force that takes over Orlando's hand while she is writing described at the beginning of Chapter 5?

10. How is Orlando's attempt at working on her poem described at the beginning of Chapter 6?

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