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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 the rumor circulating about Mary's involvement with the uprisings against the Act of Uniformity?
2. Who bore Edward, Henry VIII's son?
3. What prediction did Mary hear about the king when Jean Dubois was sent to England, and she changed her plans?
4. What did Mary press the Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset, to grant her until Edward came of age?
5. What was Sir William Sharington's title at the Bristol Mint?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whose protection did Mary seek and how did that person help her?
2. What did Duke of Northumberland, pressure the king to do, and why did he court Mary's favor?
3. What document did Mary have to sign after being welcomed back into the court by Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, that affected her for the rest of her life?
4. What caused the Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector Edward Seymour to be overthrown by John Dudley?
5. What do some historians suggest about Elizabeth's illness during the summer of 1548 after Katherine Parr discovered her and Thomas Seymour in one another's arms, and what is Weir's position?
6. What were the consequences for Jane Grey after the arrest and death of Thomas Seymour?
7. When the council of regents came into power after Henry VIII's death, who assumed positions of power and what were the consequences?
8. How does Weir describe Mary's character and why is it significant?
9. Who did Duke of Northumberland betroth Jane Grey to after he learned of the king's failing health and why?
10. What prediction did Mary hear that made her resolve to stay in England and how is it significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the tyranny of power in the monarchy, paying close attention to the players who fought for, gained, and lost power.
1. Investigate two people who held titles within the court and abuse their power within the monarchy.
2. Investigate two members within the royal family and how they wielded power.
Essay Topic 2
Women struggled in Tudor England. They had no rights or power and were considered to be the weaker sex. What were the choices available to women? How did women negotiate their limited roles in society?
Essay Topic 3
Throughout Weir's book, the English people's opinions of the various people, from King Edward to the Seymour brothers to Mary and Elizabeth, changed with the tides. Compare and contrast the public sphere's perception and reality about the goings on in the court by focusing on three major events from the book.
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