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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 did John ask his son when they were alone after Agnes’s pregnancy was revealed?

2. What physical trait of Agnes’s stepmother was it rumored had something to to with Agnes?

3. Why was a deal made for the glover’s son to go to Hewlands twice a week?

4. What does Hamnet notice on Judith’s neck after he returns to her chamber in Chapter 1?

5. How old was Mary’s daughter when she died of the pestilence years earlier?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Agnes finally see Hamnet in Chapter 5?

2. What are Judith’s symptoms in Chapter 1 and when did they begin?

3. How does Agnes feel her husband behaves when around his family?

4. In what way has Hamnet’s grandfather become “disgraced” (22)?

5. What is Agnes doing at Hewlands while Hamnet searches for help for his sister?

6. Who catches the tutor’s eye while he peers outside the window of Hewlands, and how does he feel about her?

7. What is the story people tell of Agnes’s mother as described in Chapter 2?

8. What agreement was struck between Bartholomew and Joan regarding Hewlands after the father died?

9. What does Joan say about the Latin tutor’s father when she finds he and Agnes walking hand-in-hand?

10. What is the Latin Tutor doing at Hewlands in Chapter 2 and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing the house on Henley street to the life the husband leads in London. In what ways is he stifled in Henley street and how is his life in London in comparison?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the families of Agnes and her husband. How do these differences play out in the storyline?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing gender roles in Hamnet. How are they apparent in the story, and in what ways are these roles the same or different today? Use specific examples from the text to support your argument.

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