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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 long is the ride to Wanstead in the summer of 1561?

2. Where has Margaret Douglas's son Henry Stuart escaped in 1562?

3. How long does the Archbishop of Canterbury question Ned when he is taken before him?

4. What flowers does Ned send Katherine when they are both in the Tower on different floors?

5. In 1562 who did Kat Ashley recommend Elizabeth marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When is Katherine arrested?

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

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

5. What plans do Ned and Katherine make to be married in the fall of 1560?

6. What does Katherine say about her son's name and lineage after he is born?

7. What happens after Mary and Thomas Keyes marry?

8. What does Robert Dudley say when Katherine tells him she is pregnant and married to Ned?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Katherine and Ned marry secretly. How do Katherine and Ned meet and fall in love? How would you describe their relationship and the struggles that they have? Do their struggles strengthen or hurt their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 3

Elizabeth attempts to discredit Katherine and Ned. How and why does Elizabeth attempt to discredit Katherine and Ned? Are her efforts to discredit them an abuse of power?

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