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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. Where does Hamnet’s father work and write about in his letters from London in Chapter 3?
2. Who is the person who gestures to the Latin tutor to go to the parlor after Eliza had told him to go home?
3. What has excited the Latin tutor about teaching Latin in Chapter 4?
4. Which characters worked out the marriage plan between Agnes and the tutor?
5. What did the Latin tutor begin to do on the days he did not have to tutor?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Agnes finally see Hamnet in Chapter 5?
2. Who is the first person with whom the Latin tutor discusses his relationship with Agnes?
3. Who catches the tutor’s eye while he peers outside the window of Hewlands, and how does he feel about her?
4. What agreement was struck between Bartholomew and Joan regarding Hewlands after the father died?
5. What did Agnes predict when she was eight, as described in Chapter 2?
6. Where does Agnes sleep until the wedding?
7. How does the Latin tutor’s father treat his children, in particular his oldest son?
8. In what way has Hamnet’s grandfather become “disgraced” (22)?
9. What does Susanna feel about her mother, according to the description in Chapter 3?
10. What is Agnes doing at Hewlands while Hamnet searches for help for his sister?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay discussing your emotional reaction to the scene when Agnes prepares her son’s body for burial. What mood was the author striving for in this scene and was she successful?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay analyzing the significance of the performance of the play Hamlet at the end of the novel. What does it symbolize in regards to the story and Agnes’s journey?
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