Orlando: A Biography Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Orlando: A Biography Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Orlando witness his Russian lover doing with a sailor when he finds her below deck on her ship?

2. What attribute does Orlando wonder he has obtained from an ancestor in the Crusades that reminds him of Turkish people?

3. What does Orlando become with everyone in Constantinople after he moves there?

4. Where does Orlando first spot the archduchess at his estate?

5. What is the name of the royal who Orlando asks to assign him an ambassador position outside England?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orlando react to Nicolas Greene's satirical piece about him?

2. How is Orlando accepted by the public in Constantinople?

3. How is Orlando's encounter with a Moor at the beginning of the book described?

4. How does Orlando's writing style change after his second bout of reclusion?

5. Describe the actions of the three women who begin dancing around Orlando as he sleeps in Turkey.

6. How is Orlando's work ethic as ambassador in Constantinople described?

7. How does Queen Elizabeth show her affections for Orlando?

8. How is John Briggs's recording of Orlando's banquet for becoming a duke described?

9. What does Orlando witness Sasha doing when he goes looking for her aboard her ship after she is gone over an hour?

10. How does King James try to garner favor with the public after the Great Frost in Britain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of the narrator in the book. What tone is the narrator trying to set in the book, and what reasons can be given for this?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of marriage presented in the book. How does the author appear to feel toward marriage based on her portrayal of the act in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Gender plays a vital role throughout the book with many of the characters.

Part 1.) What can the reader learn about the different treatment of men and women based on Orlando's journey in the book?

Part 2.) What might the author be saying about gender based on her tendency to reveal her characters to have been both male and female at one point in their life?

Part 3.) What might the author be saying about the possibility of having a balance or duality of both male and female qualities based on her portrayal of gender in the book?

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