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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 what year does the story begin?
2. What issue do Catalina and Arthur debate at Ludlow?
3. What does Henry say are the "great savior[s] of a marriage"?
4. Who is Catalina sent to marry?
5. What does Henry hope will result from Catalina and Arthur's marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Catalina and Arthur talk about during their evenings alone together?
2. What does King Henry fear about Catalina before he meets her?
3. What is Catalina and Arthur's relationship like at the beginning of the chapter, "Oxford, Christmas 1501"?
4. What does King Henry note about his wife Elizabeth in "London, 14th November, 1501"?
5. What does Catalina's mother instruct her to do following Arthur's death?
6. What happens to the camp Catalina and her family stay in, in "Granada"?
7. In "Oxford, Christmas 1501", what does Catalina say she wishes Arthur to realize?
8. Why does Catalina refuse to tell anyone she is not pregnant for so long?
9. On her way to London, how does Catalina compare her life to those of her family members?
10. What are Catalina and Arthur's views on a woman leading an army?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the tone of the novel "The Constant Princess". How does Gregory convey this tone? Does the tone change at any point in the novel? If so, what events prompt this change?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of family in the novel "The Constant Princess". Who are Katherine's family members? Do they help or hinder Katherine during her time as Queen? Who are the members of Arthur and Henry's family? Do they help or hinder Katherine during her stay in England?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of power in the novel "The Constant Princess". Who seeks power? Why does Katherine desire to become Queen? What does she want to do once she becomes Queen? To what lengths does she go to achieve this goal?
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