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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 word does Agnes repeat while laboring in Chapter 10?

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

3. What does Mary help Agnes do at night after everyone has left after Hamnet died?

4. What does Agnes’s husband confess to her at the start of Chapter 12 after she says he looks ill?

5. What is Judith doing when she sees her father walking down Henley Street in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Agnes make Mary promise when she feels she is going to die after delivering her twins?

2. What does Hamnet think he can do in regards to letting Judith live, and how does he attempt to do this?

3. What do Susanna and Judith force Agnes to do while she is sitting with Hamnet’s pebble collection?

4. What is the second event in Chapter 11 that had to happen in order for the pestilence to get to Judith in 1596?

5. Why does Agnes leave her apartment early in the morning at the start of Chapter 10?

6. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?

7. Why is there a bit of a rush to bury Hamnet after his death?

8. Why is it not possible for Agnes and her family to move to London after the twins were born?

9. How does the letter finally reach Judith’s father in Chapter 15?

10. What is Agnes’s reaction when her brother shows her the house he helped her husband purchase in Stratford?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the conflict between the city life and farm life in Hamnet. Use direct examples from the text to support your viewpoint.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the changes Susanna and Judith experience after their brother’s death. What role does each girl take on and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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