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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 kind of death do Orlando's servants fear his new hobby will cause for him in Chapter 2?

2. What is the archduchess' name?

3. What does Orlando use as a topic for his writing after his second seclusion?

4. How does Orlando treat his relationships with those who seek his friendship in Turkey?

5. What does Orlando spend time staring at that makes her neglect her duties as a gypsy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Orlando arrives at the inn to meet Sasha so they can run away together?

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

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

7. How does Queen Elizabeth show her affections for Orlando?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the theme of love in the book. What did love seem to represent to Orlando in the book, and what means did she go through to find true love and companionship?

Essay Topic 3

Gender plays a vital role throughout the book with many of the characters.

Part 1.) What can the reader learn about the different treatment of men and women based on Orlando's journey in the book?

Part 2.) What might the author be saying about gender based on her tendency to reveal her characters to have been both male and female at one point in their life?

Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the possibility of having a balance or duality of both male and female qualities based on her portrayal of gender in the book?

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