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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. Whom does Orlando find a letter from inviting her into their company in Chapter 4?
(a) Society women.
(b) The queen.
(c) A duke.
(d) The king.

2. What century does Orlando realize it has become at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) 18th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 20th.

3. What does Orlando say is the real difference between the great poets and the rest of the world in regards to their ability to express their feelings?
(a) Poets express their feelings through talking.
(b) Poets express their feelings through ignoring others.
(c) Poets express their feelings through writing.
(d) Poets express their feelings through speeches.

4. What do Orlando and the prostitute share stories about when Orlando picks her up?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their life histories.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Their love life.

5. What is the name of the royal that annuls Orlando's lawsuits?
(a) King Charles.
(b) King James.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Queen Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ring is Orlando wearing in Chapter 5?

2. What does Mr. Pope's comments at a party where Orlando meets him do to most people?

3. Who does Orlando notice walking around the grounds of her country estate in Chapter 4?

4. In what way does Orlando realize she is able to write after she is married?

5. What does Shelmerdine ask Orlando if she used to be after they begin courting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Orlando do after she finishes her poem "The Oak Tree"?

2. How does Orlando's writing change after she realizes that being married has helped her writing become freer?

3. How do Orlando's servants at her country estate treat her when she arrives there for the first time as a woman?

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

5. What lessons does Orlando learn about writing from the poets she meets through Mr. Pope?

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

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

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

9. How does Orlando react after thinking about all her past lives at the end of the book?

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

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