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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 Orlando unable to rejoin because she spent so much money going through court?

2. What does Orlando notice everyone around her is wearing when trying to write in Chapter 5?

3. What does Orlando realize she is love with when she goes for a walk after realizing she must get married?

4. Whom does Orlando begin thinking about while out shopping for a new house?

5. What is Shelmerdine's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nicolas Greene react after reading Orlando's poem in Chapter 6?

2. What effect does Orlando realize becoming married has had on her writing?

3. What good news does Orlando receive near the end of Chapter 5?

4. Why does Orlando go to a bookshop after running into Nicolas Greene on the street?

5. What is the nature of Orlando's conversation with the archduchess when Orlando invites her inside in Chapter 4?

6. Why can't Orlando rejoin high society after gaining her possessions back as a woman?

7. How does Shelmerdine entertain Orlando when they first begin courting?

8. How is Orlando's attempt at working on her poem described at the beginning of Chapter 6?

9. Why does Orlando choose Mr. Pope to be her suitor?

10. How is Orlando's meeting with a prostitute named Nell described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The concept of marriage is one fully examined by Orlando in the book and is telling of the author's own feelings toward the act.

Part 1.) What about the way marriage is presented to Orlando suggests that she sees marriage as something forced on her rather than something she would choose?

Part 2.) What might the author be saying about the nature of marriage based on her portrayal of Orlando after she meets Shelmerdine?

Part 3.) What is the author saying about the importance of finding a dual-minded partner to have a successful marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of clouds in the book. How might the clouds shown in the book represent the suffocation Orlando feels in his surroundings in England?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the act of sex change in the book. What might the author wish for Orlando's sex change to represent symbolically in terms of finding oneself and one's place in society?

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