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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 Shakespearen play is quoted at the beginning of Part II of Hamnet?
2. What does Hamnet do when he pulls the covers over his and his sister’s head in Chapter 13?
3. What member of Agnes’s family ends up handling the box of glass beads and rags from Murano?
4. What did the women do to the bedding after Hamnet died?
5. Who tells Agnes that they will see to the funeral arrangements in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Susanna and Judith force Agnes to do while she is sitting with Hamnet’s pebble collection?
2. Why does Agnes leave her apartment early in the morning at the start of Chapter 10?
3. What does Mary feel regarding Judith’s illness at the start of Chapter 13?
4. What is Agnes’s reaction when her brother shows her the house he helped her husband purchase in Stratford?
5. What is Mary arguing with her son about at the start of Chapter 14, which the nearly two-year-old Susanna watches?
6. Why is it not possible for Agnes and her family to move to London after the twins were born?
7. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?
8. What is the first event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?
9. How does Bartholomew know where his sister has gone when her husband and family cannot find her in Chapter 10?
10. Why does Hamnet’s father worry about staying away from London for too long after his son’s funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing and contrasting the families of Agnes and her husband. How do these differences play out in the storyline?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of Hamnet. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Agnes’s husband and her brother Bartholomew. Use direct examples from the text to support your comparison.
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