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Orlando

Virginia Woolf

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Why does the Queen (Elizabeth I) become furious at Orlando and smash her mirror?

(A) She discovers he has stolen money

(B) She realizes that he has lied to her about his identity

(D) She is angry that he has insulted her beauty

What quality first endears Orlando to Princess Sasha?

(A) His love for animals

(B) His ability to speak French

(D) His fantastic skiing prowess

What natural disaster overtakes Britain the season that Orlando meets Sasha?

(A) the Great Frost

(B) the Great Fire

(D) the Great Earthquake

What is the title of the poem that Orlando continually works to write?

(A) Hercules

(B) The Oak Tree

(D) Hermaphrodite

Why does Nick Greene continually complain about?

(A) He complains that women are unfaithful

(B) He complains that he is poor and underfed

(D) He complains that the age of great literature is over in England

Because Orlando works does such a good job as an ambassador in Constantinople, King Charles grants him what?

(A) a key to buried treasure

(B) a Dukedom

(D) a fiefdom

Which three ladies enter Orlando's room right before he turns into a woman?

(A) Amnesty, Honesty, Travesty

(B) Bippety, Boppity, Boo

(D) Purity, Chastity, Modesty

With whom does Orlando have her first romantic encounter once she is a woman?

(A) Archduchess Harriet

(B) Captain Nicholas Bartolus

(D) Mr. Pope

What does Orlando find shocking about Archduchess Harriet?

(A) She is much more wealthy than Orlando guessed

(B) She was part of the gypsy tribe in Turkey

(D) She is quite athletic

How does Orlando meet her future husband, Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine?

(A) He finds her on the ground with a twisted ankle

(B) They meet on a ship headed to Turkey

(D) They take out singles ads in a local newspaper

When the novel ends, what year is it?

(A) 1588

(B) 1800

(D) 2020

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