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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 royal takes over the throne near the end of Chapter 6?
2. What does Orlando remember there is after finishing "The Oak Tree"?
3. How does Shelmerdine's attempts at entertaining Orlando cause her to feel toward his company?
4. What is Shelmerdine's profession?
5. What does Orlando see of her gardener near the end of the book that frightens her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What effect does Orlando realize becoming married has had on her writing?
2. What do Orlando and Shelmerdine reveal to one another when they each suggest there is something different about the other after they begin courting?
3. How is Orlando's walk in the park described in Chapter 5?
4. How does Orlando's writing change after she realizes that being married has helped her writing become freer?
5. How is Orlando and Shelmerdine's wedding described?
6. How is Orlando's attempt at working on her poem described at the beginning of Chapter 6?
7. How does the captain of the ship Orlando boards for England in Chapter 4 treat her when she comes onboard?
8. How do Orlando's servants at her country estate treat her when she arrives there for the first time as a woman?
9. How is Nicolas Greene described when Orlando runs into him in Chapter 6?
10. What does Orlando do when she begins dressing up like a man regularly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of clouds in the book. How might the clouds shown in the book represent the suffocation Orlando feels in his surroundings in England?
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