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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 does Orlando become after being visited by the doctor that worries the people living with him?

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

3. How does the author say Orlando performs his duties as ambassador in Constantinople?

4. What does Orlando decide to do to his home in Chapter 2?

5. When Orlando finish his first self-enforced seclusion, how does seem compared to earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the diagnosis the doctor gives to Orlando in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

6. What punishment does the king give to Orlando after he ends his fling with Sasha?

7. What occurs after Orlando begins refurbishing his country estate?

8. What reason does Orlando have for leaving Clorinda?

9. Describe the actions of the three women who begin dancing around Orlando as he sleeps in Turkey.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of reading in the book. What can be learned about the nature of Orlando based on his hobby of reading as shown in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of sleeping is seen many times in the character Orlando and has the opportunity to represent many things in the context of the book.

Part 1.) What motivations or triggers are normally present when Orlando enters into a deep sleep in the book?

Part 2.) What symbolism might the author wish for sleep to represent in terms of change and transformation in the book?

Part 3.) What is telling in the absence of these deep sleeps after Orlando becomes a woman?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's use of historical details in the book. What might the author be saying about the nature of history based on her portrayal of historical details within the text?

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