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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 is Shelmerdine's profession?

3. What does the archduchess reveal to Orlando that she is in Chapter 4?

4. What does Orlando realize that she has struggled to fit in with all her life?

5. Where does Orlando go after running into Nick Greene in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Orlando's attempt at working on her poem described at the beginning of Chapter 6?

2. How are Nicolas Greene's accomplishments described in Chapter 6?

3. What effect does Orlando realize becoming married has had on her writing?

4. How is the force that takes over Orlando's hand while she is writing described at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. How is Nicolas Greene described when Orlando runs into him in Chapter 6?

6. What happens when Orlando accidentally shows a bit of ankle on deck of the merchant ship to England?

7. How do Orlando's servants at her country estate treat her when she arrives there for the first time as a woman?

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

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

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

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

Compare and contrast Orlando's portrayal as a man and a woman in the book. Which gender appears to make Orlando happy and whole, and what is significant about this?

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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