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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Agnes repeat while laboring in Chapter 10?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Forest.
(c) Rowan.
(d) Kestrel.

2. Where does Agnes’s husband tell her he wants to buy a house for the family?
(a) London.
(b) Kent.
(c) Stratford.
(d) Oxford.

3. Who is the first person seeking a cure that Agnes agrees to see after Hamnet’s death?
(a) The priest.
(b) The midwife.
(c) The old woman from the dairy.
(d) The baker’s wife.

4. What does Agnes notice about Hamnet when she wakes in Chapter 17?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He fell asleep.
(c) He has left.
(d) He has been up all night stoking the fire.

5. What is Mary certain of at the start of Chapter 13 based on her own life experience?
(a) Judith will live.
(b) Agnes will have many more children.
(c) Judith will die.
(d) Agnes will get the pestilence.

6. Who tells Agnes that they will see to the funeral arrangements in Part II?
(a) John.
(b) Bartholomew.
(c) Joan.
(d) Mary.

7. Why does Judith think her father does not come to visit after Hamnet’s death?
(a) Because he is working so much to not think of his dead son.
(b) Because he has another family in London.
(c) Because she looks so much like Hamnet.
(d) Because he does not want to see his room.

8. While in labor in Chapter 16, Agnes thinks of a letter from her husband describing what in great detail?
(a) His apartment.
(b) Costumes.
(c) Gloves.
(d) The streets of London.

9. Chapter 11 describes the events that needed to take place in order for the pestilence to reach where in 1596?
(a) The Hewlands.
(b) Warwickshire, England.
(c) Oxford, England.
(d) London, England.

10. What town has Judith’s father gone to at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) Stokenchurch.
(b) Kent.
(c) Murano.
(d) London.

11. Who helps Agnes’s husband broker a deal for a new home for Agnes and her children?
(a) John.
(b) Edmond.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Bartholomew.

12. What sign tells Agnes Judith is still alive in Chapter 17?
(a) She is breathing.
(b) Her hand is warm.
(c) She moves slightly.
(d) She feels her heart beat.

13. What does Agnes try to do in Hamnet’s room at night in Part II but is unsuccessful?
(a) Summon his spirit.
(b) Burn his bedding.
(c) Pack his things.
(d) Put away his pallet.

14. What are Mary and her son fighting about at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) Him having more children.
(b) His lack of work.
(c) His wife’s strange behavior.
(d) Him moving to London.

15. What Shakespearen play is quoted at the beginning of Part II of Hamnet?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Macbeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Agnes has the twins, why does it become unlikely the family will join their father in London?

2. Which family member is described as being “furious with the world” (236) after Hamnet’s death?

3. What does Hamnet’s body lie on top of at the start of Part II?

4. Who does Agnes’s husband say has enjoyed his newest play when he writes them in Part II?

5. Where does the cabin boy encounter a man with two amputated fingers in Chapter 11?

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