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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. In the summer of 1562, what vegetable does Mary bring Katherine?

2. In 1564, how old is Mary Queen of Scots?

3. Who is writing a book to prove Katherine'a rights as heir and the validity of her marriage

4. What color eyes does Katherine's son have?

5. When does Thomas Keyes say that he first noticed Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is arrested with Ned?

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

3. Why does Katherine struggle to sleep after Elizabeth's birthday celebration?

4. What happens when Henry Stuart goes to Scotland?

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

6. When is Katherine arrested?

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

8. What does Thomas Keyes tell Mary about noticing her?

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

10. What does Mary overhear Cecil and the Spanish ambassador discussing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Katherine becomes friends with Janey Seymour. How do Katherine and Janey become friends? What type of relationship do they have? Why does Janey’s death devastate Katherine?

Essay Topic 2

Katherine struggles with religion. What religion was Katherine raised to follow? How and why does she have to convert to Catholicism? Why does she struggle with religion?

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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