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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. Which of the following women does Orlando find NOT to be marriage material in the royal court?

2. What is the name of the person who takes over the throne after Queen Elizabeth and accepts Orlando back into the royal court?

3. What does Orlando become when he begins talking about death to his Russian lover?

4. Where do Orlando and his Russian lover often make love?

5. Where is Orlando assigned his ambassador position?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Orlando have for leaving Clorinda?

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

3. What happens in Turkey on the seventh day of Orlando's sleep in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Orlando's relationship with Queen Elizabeth turn sour?

5. How is the atmosphere at Orlando's estate described during his banquet celebrating his dukedom?

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

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

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

9. How does Orlando react to Nicolas Greene's satirical piece about him?

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

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

Examine the portrayal of cross-dressing in the book. What might the author be saying about the ambiguity of gender based on the prevalence of cross-dressers shown in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the act of sex change in the book. What might the author wish for Orlando's sex change to represent symbolically in terms of finding oneself and one's place in society?

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