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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 put back into Orlando's possession by a royal in Chapter 5?
(a) Her servants.
(b) Her pets.
(c) Her property.
(d) Her identity.

2. What state is Orlando sent into after realizing everyone around her is married?
(a) A state of shock.
(b) A state of indifference.
(c) A state of happiness.
(d) A state of anger.

3. What changes that signals to Shelmerdine that it is time to go back to sea?
(a) The wind.
(b) The date.
(c) The color of the sky.
(d) The season.

4. What does Orlando see floating in the water during her walk through the park that reminds her of Shelmerdine?
(a) A small boat.
(b) A bear.
(c) A hat.
(d) A dog.

5. What does Orlando find the archduke to be after spending more time with him?
(a) Funny.
(b) Boring.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Annoying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Orlando meets at a party who says several witty lines in a row?

2. What does Orlando put down the archduke's clothes that makes him leave her?

3. What title has Nick Greene earned in the 19th century?

4. What does Orlando find her female status proves after boarding a ship to England?

5. How does Orlando describe Nick Greene in comparison to his looks in the 17th century in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What effect does Orlando realize becoming married has had on her writing?

4. How are Nicolas Greene's accomplishments described in Chapter 6?

5. What does Orlando do when she begins dressing up like a man regularly?

6. What is the nature of Orlando's conversation with the archduchess when Orlando invites her inside in Chapter 4?

7. Why does Orlando choose Mr. Pope to be her suitor?

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

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

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

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