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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 throw out the window after finishing "The Oak Tree"?
(a) Her robe.
(b) Her notebook.
(c) Her pen.
(d) Her ring.

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

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

4. How does Orlando describe Nick Greene in comparison to his looks in the 17th century in Chapter 6?
(a) More gray.
(b) The same.
(c) Unrecognizable.
(d) Older.

5. Where does Orlando go after the archduke leaves her?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What increases Orlando and Shemverdine's love for one another after they begin courting?

2. What does Orlando remember there is after finishing "The Oak Tree"?

3. Who takes a liking to Orlando when she boards a ship to England?

4. What does Orlando buy just before setting sail to England for the first time as a woman?

5. Who does Orlando have a chance run-in with in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Orlando meet Shelmerdine?

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

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

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

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