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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. Who has already chosen her wedding clothes?

2. Who does Mary marry?

3. Who is the discordant one among Anne's ladies in waiting?

4. What is William?

5. What is "Sending a Cardinal to Hell"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who marries Henry and Anne and what does he think of Henry's previous marriage?

2. Why will Anne not allow Mary to go to Hever?

3. When it is time for Mary to go to Hever to see her children, what does Anne inform Mary Anne has done?

4. What does Mary think about Catherine asking to go to court?

5. What does Anne tell Mary the King can make her?

6. What is the great disappointment of Anne's delivery?

7. Who is taken to the tower and imprisoned?

8. What is Anne instructed to tell Henry about her miscarriage?

9. Who is the King lustfully torn between now?

10. Why does Mary fear for George's safety?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The King changes many rules in order to make the world the way he wants it to operate.

Part 1: List some of the rules the King made up in order to ensure he got what he wanted.

Part 2: What do you think the King's abuse of power says about him?

Part 3: Do you agree that the King should be able to change any rule on a whim? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Mary seems to fall in love with King Henry VIII pretty easily, a little too easily for some readers. But is this really the case?

Part 1: What does Mary see in Henry VIII that makes him attractive to her?

Part 2: Is Mary talked into her feelings for the King? If so, how?

Part 3: Do you believe Mary actually loved the King? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Many authors use foreshadowing to give the reader hints as to events to come. In the very first chapter, Mary's conversation with her mother seems to foreshadow the rest of the book.

Part 1: What happens in the conversation between Mary and her mother?

Part 2: How does this conversation foreshadow other parts of the book?

Part 3: What does this conversation say about Mary? About her mother?

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