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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapter 17, Part II, pp. 217-244. .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the coworker of the artisan use to cushion the glass beads before shipping them off?
(a) Sheets.
(b) Rags.
(c) Wood shavings.
(d) Sand.

2. How did Eliza and Anne’s brother teach them how to read?
(a) Using pieces of straw to make letters.
(b) With a slate he had stolen from school.
(c) By having them trace over his schoolwork.
(d) By tracing letters in dust with his finger.

3. What does Mary help Agnes do at night after everyone has left after Hamnet died?
(a) Clean his body.
(b) Pick flowers.
(c) Write to her husband.
(d) Make the shroud.

4. Why did the tutor need his parent’s permission to marry Agnes?
(a) Because they were in debt to Agnes’s family.
(b) Because of his young age.
(c) Because they were controlling.
(d) Because all marriages required parental permission back then.

5. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she sees him holding hands with Agnes in Chapter 4?
(a) That he is never seen at church.
(b) That he is a scoundrel.
(c) That he owed everyone in town.
(d) That he was a drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Agnes go to birth her child in Chapter 10?

2. What does Judith make to keep the lock of Hamnet’s hair his mother had cut off?

3. How does Agnes behave after Hamnet’s death?

4. What is the first moment Agnes cries after Hamnet’s death?

5. What word does Agnes repeat while laboring in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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