Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Why does Amos Diggory resent Harry Potter?

A) He blames Harry for the death of his son.

B) He believes Harry cheated during the Triwizard Tournament.

C) He thinks Voldemort should have won the Second Wizarding War.

D) He feels that fame has made Harry arrogant.

2. What word best describes the tone of the last line of the play?

A) Hopeful

B) Remorseful

C) Nostalgic

D) Resentful

3. What is the purpose of Harry’s conversation with Dumbledore’s portrait in his office?

A) To explain Dumbledore’s anger toward Harry as a parent

B) To give closure to unresolved conflicts between Harry and Dumbledore

C) To give Dumbledore an appearance in the play

D) To help solve the issues Albus and Scorpius create in the play

4. What does the corporal form of Snape’s Patronus tell us?

A) He has not recovered from Dumbledore’s death.

B) He still loves Lily Potter.

C) He is the Augurey.

D) All of his happy memories are gone.

5. Which of the following characters is never called a “spare” in the play?

A) Albus Severus Potter

B) Cedric Diggory

C) Craig Bowker Jr.

D) Hermione Granger-Weasley

6. Which event is the best example of The Interaction of Destiny and Free Will in Influencing History?

A) Ron and Hermione still having feelings for each other in alternate realities

B) Draco having a hidden Time-Turner

C) Harry’s refusal to release a statement about Time-Turners

D) Hermione cursing the bookshelf in her office

7. How many years have passed since the last time Harry’s scar hurt?

A) 5

B) 10

C) 23

D) 22

8. Which aspect of dramatic structure best describes how dreams are used in the play?

A) They represent the ongoing struggle between past, present, and future.

B) They characterize Harry by revealing his inner fears and unresolved trauma.

C) They distract from the plot and structure of the play.

D) They serve as examples of character dialogue.

9. Which of the following curses is not used in the play?

A) Conjunctivitis Curse

B) Cruciatus Curse

C) Imperious Curse

D) The Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra)

10. What is unique about the dramatic structure of Act II, Scene 12, which takes place on the staircases of Hogwarts?

A) It is a dramatic monologue.

B) It is the climax of the play .

C) It is written entirely in stage directions.

D) It is the first time we see Voldemort in the play.

11. Which wizarding holiday exists in Time-Turner influenced reality?

A) Harry Potter Day

B) The Night of the Three Broomsticks

C) The Annual Golden Trio Memorial

D) Voldemort Day

12. What is the real reason Delphi didn’t attend Hogwarts?

A) She was too ill to go to school.

B) She was raised in America and went to Ilvermorny.

C) She was kept in secret from the wizarding world.

D) She is a squib.

13 “Ye ken th’ auld reekie train is running late, boys?” is an example of which literary device?

A) Personification

B) Falling Action

C) Dialect

D) Internal Conflict

14. What animal tattoo does Delphi have on her neck?

A) Raven

B) Augurey

C) Snake

D) Lion

15. How do Albus and Scorpius get a message to their parents in the future?

A) They use an envelope as a portkey.

B) They send an owl with a howler.

C) They write an invisible message on Harry’s blanket.

D) They ask the centaurs to give them the message.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. How does Harry really feel about his fame?

2. There is a rumor that Voldemort is Scorpius’s real father. What about this rumor bothers Draco the most?

3. How does the tone of Act II, Scene 17 in which Ron and Hermione interact at Time-Turner-influenced Hogwarts embody the theme The Interaction of Destiny and Free Will in Influencing History?

4. How is Dumbledore characterized in the play, specifically in his interactions with Harry in Act IV, Scene 4? How does this characterization compare to your understanding of the character portrayed in the novels?