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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 was missing from the court Christmas of 1555?

2. What does Mrs. Carpenter confront Hannah about two months after her wedding?

3. Where does Hannah discover her father and Daniel in spring, 1556?

4. What does Lord Robert and the Queen's council pressure the Queen to do during autumn, 1558?

5. When does France lead a counterattack on the city of Calais?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Hannah and Daniel look forward to Elizabeth's reign as queen?

2. What is Elizabeth's behavior like while the Queen is in confinement?

3. What disappoints Mary about the letters she receives from Philip?

4. What news does Lord Dudley bring when he returns from court in February 1558?

5. What does Daniel tell Hannah when her father becomes seriously ill?

6. Who visits Calais in the early summer in 1557?

7. On what charge is Hannah arrested? Who vouches for her when she is brought before Bishop Bonner? After new laws are passed which widen the criteria for arrest for heresy, Hannah is arrested.

8. Under what circumstances does Mary agree to name Elizabeth her heir?

9. Realizing that her health is in decline, what does Mary ask Hannah to do?

10. What is Princess Elizabeth's closest maid to be found in possession of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the conflicts of the novel "The Queen's Fool". What are some examples of conflict in the novel? How do these conflicts involve and affect Hannah? How are these conflicts resolved?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of power in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who seeks power? Why do Mary and Elizabeth desire to become Queen? What do they want to do as Queen? To what lengths does Elizabeth go to achieve this goal? To what lengths does Mary go to keep her title? Who is Lady Jane Grey and how does she (and her supporters) try to takeover the throne?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of love and romance. Discuss the relationship between Hannah and Lord Dudley, as well as Hannah and Daniel.

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