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

2. What is Shelmerdine's profession?
(a) A seaman.
(b) A writer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A cook.

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

4. Who does Nick Greene hold in high esteem in Chapter 6?
(a) Shakespeare and Marlow.
(b) Wren and Johnson.
(c) Marlow and Wren.
(d) Voltaire and Goethe.

5. From where does Orlando begin hearing voices when she sees a motorcar driving dangerously around London?
(a) America.
(b) England.
(c) Greece.
(d) Turkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Orlando feel about finally having a wedding ring on her finger after marrying Shelmerdine?

2. Whose ring is Orlando wearing in Chapter 5?

3. What is Shelmerdine's first name?

4. What century does Orlando realize it has become at the end of Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of the servant at Orlando's estate who claims she thought he would change into a woman all along?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Orlando's walk in the park described in Chapter 5?

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

4. How does Shelmerdine entertain Orlando when they first begin courting?

5. How does the archduke save Orlando from a crowd of commoners who remember her as a man?

6. How does Nicolas Greene react after reading Orlando's poem in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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