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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 characteristics is NOT given to Mr. Pope in the book?
2. What does Orlando realize she is love with when she goes for a walk after realizing she must get married?
3. What does the captain of the ship give to Orlando that makes her become emotional?
4. What does Orlando begin searching for on the streets of London when she begins dressing oddly?
5. What does Orlando find out about time when she begins writing after being married?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Orlando and Shelmerdine reveal to one another when they each suggest there is something different about the other after they begin courting?
2. How is Orlando's attempt at working on her poem described at the beginning of Chapter 6?
3. How is Orlando and Shelmerdine's wedding described?
4. Why does Orlando choose Mr. Pope to be her suitor?
5. How is Orlando's walk in the park described in Chapter 5?
6. How does Orlando's writing change after she realizes that being married has helped her writing become freer?
7. What happens when Orlando accidentally shows a bit of ankle on deck of the merchant ship to England?
8. How does the archduke save Orlando from a crowd of commoners who remember her as a man?
9. How does Nicolas Greene react after reading Orlando's poem in Chapter 6?
10. What is the nature of the note Orlando finds at Blackfriars when she first returns there as a woman?
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
Examine the concept of satire presented in the book. What appears to be the author's feelings toward satirical writing based on her portrayal of satire in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the role of the narrator in the book. What tone is the narrator trying to set in the book, and what reasons can be given for this?
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