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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 the thing that controls Orlando's hand do when she is trying to write her poem?

2. Who does Orlando have a chance run-in with in Chapter 6?

3. What era is Nick Greene one of the foremost critics for?

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

5. What do Shelmerdine and Orlando decide they want to do just after meeting for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Orlando's meeting with a prostitute named Nell described?

2. What does Orlando do when she begins dressing up like a man regularly?

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

4. How does Orlando's writing change after she realizes that being married has helped her writing become freer?

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

6. What good news does Orlando receive near the end of Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

The act of writing is something that experiences a full evolution from the beginning of the book to the end.

Part 1.) How does Orlando's writing evolve over the course of the book, and what motivates this evolution?

Part 2.) What is telling about the nature of Orlando's writing based on how it changes after she is married?

Part 3.) How does the author use writing as a medium to symbolize the answer for finding the perfect balance in life?

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