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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 Nick Greene promise to Orlando that he will use his good reputation to get for her poem?
2. Whose ring is Orlando wearing in Chapter 5?
3. How many years does Orlando claim to have been working on her poem in Chapter 5?
4. What does Orlando put down the archduke's clothes that makes him leave her?
5. Who does Orlando have a chance run-in with in Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Orlando's writing change after she realizes that being married has helped her writing become freer?
2. What do Orlando and Shelmerdine reveal to one another when they each suggest there is something different about the other after they begin courting?
3. Why can't Orlando rejoin high society after gaining her possessions back as a woman?
4. What does Orlando do after she finishes her poem "The Oak Tree"?
5. How does Orlando react after thinking about all her past lives at the end of the book?
6. Why does Orlando go to a bookshop after running into Nicolas Greene on the street?
7. How do Orlando's servants at her country estate treat her when she arrives there for the first time as a woman?
8. Why does Orlando think she must get married despite not wanting to after becoming a woman?
9. How is Orlando's life described once King Edward takes the throne?
10. How is Nicolas Greene described when Orlando runs into him in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the concept of satire presented in the book. What appears to be the author's feelings toward satirical writing based on her portrayal of satire in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the role of reading in the book. What can be learned about the nature of Orlando based on his hobby of reading as shown in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the portrayal of fact versus fantasy in the book. What might the author be saying about the nature of reality based on her play with fact and fantasy throughout the book?
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