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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who records the events of Orlando's banquet from inside his house?

2. What is the name of Orlando's most serious flame in the royal court who comes from a noble Irish family?

3. What does Orlando realize is dropping on his cheek while in hiding waiting for his Russian lover at an Inn?

4. How old is Orlando at the beginning of the book?

5. What is the name of Orlando's suitor whom he left for the Russian girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Orlando accepted by the public in Constantinople?

2. How are Orlando's good looks that his family passed down to him described?

3. How is Orlando's encounter with a Moor at the beginning of the book described?

4. How does King James try to garner favor with the public after the Great Frost in Britain?

5. What reason does Orlando have for leaving Clorinda?

6. What does Orlando witness Sasha doing when he goes looking for her aboard her ship after she is gone over an hour?

7. How does Orlando adapt to the Turkish lifestyle after moving to Constantinople?

8. What does Nicolas Greene do with the copy of Orlando's work given to him as he left Orlando's estate?

9. How is Orlando's conversation with Nicolas Greene described when the poet first comes to visit Orlando at his estate?

10. How does the author describe the nature of Orlando's hobby of reading in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Social status is something that is both important and essential to Orlando and the defining of his/her nature.

Part 1.) What does social status appear to mean for men in the royal court, and how does Orlando react to these demands?

Part 2.) How does Orlando's view of social status change once she becomes a woman?

Part 3.) What might the author wish for the reader to learn about social status and its presence in England based on its portrayal in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of clouds in the book. How might the clouds shown in the book represent the suffocation Orlando feels in his surroundings in England?

Essay Topic 3

The act of writing is something that experiences a full evolution from the beginning of the book to the end.

Part 1.) How does Orlando's writing evolve over the course of the book, and what motivates this evolution?

Part 2.) What is telling about the nature of Orlando's writing based on how it changes after she is married?

Part 3.) How does the author use writing as a medium to symbolize the answer for finding the perfect balance in life?

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