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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes that signals to Shelmerdine that it is time to go back to sea?
(a) The date.
(b) The wind.
(c) The color of the sky.
(d) The season.

2. Who does Orlando begin thinking about after returning to the ship after going ashore with the captain in Chapter 4?
(a) Sukey.
(b) Clorinda.
(c) Favilla.
(d) Sasha.

3. What era is Nick Greene one of the foremost critics for?
(a) Elizabethan.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Edwardian.
(d) Shakespearian.

4. What does Orlando begin thinking about on her way home near the end of the book?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Her estate.
(c) Shelmerdine.
(d) Her past lives.

5. What does Orlando begin searching for on the streets of London when she begins dressing oddly?
(a) Love.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

6. Who does Orlando run out to meet at the end of the book?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Shelmerdine.
(c) Nell.
(d) King Charles.

7. What is the name of the prostitute Orlando picks up while dressed up in London?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Nell.
(c) Rosina.
(d) Sukey.

8. For what does Orlando leave while with Mr. Pope to spend time on her own just before ending their relationship?
(a) Their wedding.
(b) A meeting.
(c) A book reading.
(d) A dinner party.

9. Who marries Orlando and Shelmerdine?
(a) The queen.
(b) Nick Greene.
(c) The king.
(d) Orlando's servant.

10. What does Orlando's servants at her country estate show to her when she returns for the first time as a woman?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Delight.

11. What does Orlando claim being with Shelmerdine has made her feel like more than ever?
(a) A slave.
(b) A man.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A woman.

12. What does the archduchess reveal to Orlando that she is in Chapter 4?
(a) A royal.
(b) A man.
(c) A king.
(d) A duke.

13. What do Orlando and the prostitute share stories about when Orlando picks her up?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their love life.
(c) Their life histories.
(d) Their parents.

14. What does the thing that controls Orlando's hand do when she is trying to write her poem?
(a) It makes her fall asleep.
(b) It prevents her from writing.
(c) It makes her write well.
(d) It makes her write badly.

15. What is put back into Orlando's possession by a royal in Chapter 5?
(a) Her property.
(b) Her identity.
(c) Her pets.
(d) Her servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick Greene tell Orlando that poets in the 19th century only work for?

2. What does Orlando feel for the first time in an age she doesn't belong in Chapter 5?

3. What does Orlando see of her gardener near the end of the book that frightens her?

4. What is Orlando unable to rejoin because she spent so much money going through court?

5. How does Orlando describe Nick Greene in comparison to his looks in the 17th century in Chapter 6?

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