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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is King Edward when it is rumored that he is planning the succession and writing his will?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

2. How old is Mary Queen of Scots in February 1554?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

3. In Spring of 1554 when Katherine is Baynard's Castle, how often does she pray with her father-in-law and husband in the chapel?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 1 time.
(d) 4 times.

4. A few weeks after Jane's wedding, how long do doctors give King Edward to live?
(a) November.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) September.

5. About how old is Queen Mary in 1554?
(a) About 50.
(b) 38.
(c) Nearly 40.
(d) 43.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many older brothers does Guildford have?

2. At the beginning of Book II, how long has Katherine been married?

3. When is Jane executed?

4. What languages does Jane study in 1553?

5. When are Mary, Katherine, and their mother appointed to court to be companions of the queen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset visit Jane's family?

2. How did Kat Ashley try to speak to Queen Elizabeth about Robert Dudley?

3. What is the family's country estate like at Bradgate?

4. What does Frances Grey achieve for herself and her daughters by the summer of 1554?

5. After Mary is declared queen, who are the only women who remain with Jane?

6. What arrangement are made to have Jane and her sisters married and why?

7. What does Princess Mary do when she learns that Jane has been crowned queen?

8. Why is it a problem that there be a Tudor son to succeed King Edward?

9. What relationship seems to be between Queen Elizabeth and Robert Dudley in the summer of 1559?

10. Why does Jane believe that her family has "every right to royal magnificence" (5)?

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