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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. How much does Katherine say that Janey paid the minister who married her and Ned?

2. How old is Mary when she weds Thomas?

3. Who does Thomas have to witness his wedding to Mary?

4. Where is Margaret Douglas's home?

5. Who baptizes Katherine's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is said about Elizabeth and Robert Dudley when the court is at Greenwich Palace in the summer of 1560?

2. How are Ned and Katherine separated?

3. What do Janey and Ned say about Katherine's accusations that he is seeing Frances Mewtas?

4. During Christmas in 1563, why is Elizabeth angry with Mary?

5. What does an inquest determine about Amy Dudley's death, and what does that mean for Elizabeth and Robert?

6. What happens when Katherine tells her Aunt Bess about her pregnancy?

7. What happens when Henry Stuart goes to Scotland?

8. Why does Thomasina speak to Mary and give her some warnings?

9. What does Katherine confess to the Archbishop of Canterbury?

10. In 1564, under what conditions does Elizabeth say that she will make Mary Queen of Scots her heir?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Katherine thinks Ned is enjoying France Mewtas’s company during the queen’s birthday party. Why does Katherine think Ned is enjoying France’s company? How do appearances make Katherine jealous and cause her to doubt Ned’s feelings for her?

Essay Topic 2

Mary has fond memories of her father. What type of relationship did Mary have with her father? How did the relationship help make her the woman she becomes? How did her relationship with her father differ from her relationship with her mother?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Last Tudor? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Gregory uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

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