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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 Orlando realize the great poets she meets through Mr. Pope are despite their talent?
(a) Annoying.
(b) Boring.
(c) Odd.
(d) Normal.

2. What does Shelmerdine reveal to Orlando that he used to be?
(a) A woman.
(b) A child.
(c) A murderer.
(d) A slave.

3. What does Orlando accidentally display of herself that causes a sailor onboard a ship to fall overboard?
(a) Her thigh.
(b) Her ankle.
(c) Her wrist.
(d) Her stomach.

4. What does Orlando feel for the first time in an age she doesn't belong in Chapter 5?
(a) Scared.
(b) Out of place.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

5. What is Shelmerdine on when Orlando first meets him?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A pig.
(c) A horse.
(d) A mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Orlando collapse after she goes for a walk after realizing she needs to get married?

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

3. What does Orlando and the archduke bet to see if a fly will land on?

4. What is Shelmerdine's first name?

5. Whose ring is Orlando wearing in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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