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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 era is Nick Greene one of the foremost critics for?

2. What does Orlando accidentally display of herself that causes a sailor onboard a ship to fall overboard?

3. Where does Orlando take a carriage to after finishing "The Oak Tree"?

4. How does Orlando begin dressing in Chapter 4?

5. What time does the clock strike at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of Orlando's conversation with the archduchess when Orlando invites her inside in Chapter 4?

2. What is the nature of the note Orlando finds at Blackfriars when she first returns there as a woman?

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

4. Why does Orlando think she must get married despite not wanting to after becoming a woman?

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

6. How is Orlando's life described once King Edward takes the throne?

7. How does the captain of the ship Orlando boards for England in Chapter 4 treat her when she comes onboard?

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

9. How is Orlando and Shelmerdine's wedding described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

The concept of marriage is one fully examined by Orlando in the book and is telling of the author's own feelings toward the act.

Part 1.) What about the way marriage is presented to Orlando suggests that she sees marriage as something forced on her rather than something she would choose?

Part 2.) What might the author be saying about the nature of marriage based on her portrayal of Orlando after she meets Shelmerdine?

Part 3.) What is the author saying about the importance of finding a dual-minded partner to have a successful marriage?

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