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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 is the name of the man Orlando meets at a party who says several witty lines in a row?
(a) Mr. Dupper.
(b) Mr. Pope.
(c) John Briggs.
(d) Nick Greene.

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

3. Who does Orlando begin thinking about after returning to the ship after going ashore with the captain in Chapter 4?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Favilla.
(c) Sukey.
(d) Clorinda.

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

5. What royal takes over the throne near the end of Chapter 6?
(a) King Charles.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) King Edward.
(d) Queen Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orlando realize that she has struggled to fit in with all her life?

2. What does Orlando realize the great poets she meets through Mr. Pope are despite their talent?

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

4. Where is Orlando living at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What is Shelmerdine on when Orlando first meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Orlando go to a bookshop after running into Nicolas Greene on the street?

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

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

4. How is Orlando and Shelmerdine's wedding described?

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

6. Why can't Orlando rejoin high society after gaining her possessions back as a woman?

7. What good news does Orlando receive near the end of Chapter 5?

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

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

10. How does Orlando react after she realizes everyone around her is wearing a wedding ring in Chapter 5?

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