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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. With whom does Agnes speak briefly at the market in Chapter 10?
2. Where does Agnes’s husband begin working after he stops selling gloves in London?
3. Why does Mary not want to leave Agnes alone at the end of her pregnancy in Chapter 16?
4. What member of Agnes’s family ends up handling the box of glass beads and rags from Murano?
5. Which family member is said to cry constantly after Hamnet’s death in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Agnes begin to notice about her husband in Chapter 12 and what does she say when she speaks to him about it?
2. Why is it not possible for Agnes and her family to move to London after the twins were born?
3. How does Judith end up encountering the boxes with the flea-ridden rags?
4. What visions does Agnes have regarding her husband’s life in London on his first visit after their son’s funeral when he gives her a bracelet?
5. What does Agnes make Mary promise when she feels she is going to die after delivering her twins?
6. What is Agnes’s reaction when her brother shows her the house he helped her husband purchase in Stratford?
7. What does Agnes’s husband propose he will do since she cannot move the family to London?
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. What is Agnes surprised to discover her labor in her second pregnancy?
10. What moment sets Agnes in tears while she is sewing her son’s burial shroud?
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 analyzing the narrative structure of Hamnet. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the novel to support your analysis.
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