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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 is the name of Hermione's daughter?

2. What is the setting for Act II, Scene 3?

3. What is the setting established in the stage directions for Act I, Scene 16?

4. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act II, Scene 2?

5. What setting is established in the stage directions for Act I, Scene 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors have been circulating regarding Scorpius? How does Scorpius feel about the rumors?

2. Why would it be controversial if Albus were chosen for the Slytherin House?

3. What changes have occurred as a result of Albus and Scoripus's interference with history in Act II, Scene 9?

4. How does the playwright incorporate the audience into the action of the play? What effects does this have?

5. How does Amos Diggory regard Albus and his proposed mission in Act I, Scene 14? Why?

6. How is the setting of Act II, Scene 7 described? What year is it in this scene?

7. Why do Harry and his friends decide to go to Forbidden Forest in Act II, Scene 3?

8. Who is Draco Malfoy and what is his relationship to Harry Potter?

9. What takes place in Harry's dream in Act II, Scene 1? Where is the dream set?

10. Describe the genre of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What form does the work take?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What is the history between these characters? How does their relationship evolve in the course of the play? Would you characterize Draco as a protagonist or antagonist in this story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of irony in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. How does the author employ dramatic irony? What purpose does it serve to the work? What are examples of verbal and situational irony in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that Lord Voldemort plays in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What threat does Lord Voldemort present to the main characters? How does Lord Voldemort appear in the course of the play? What becomes of Voldemort?

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