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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. Who dies in 1504?
2. What does Katherine learn the leader of the Scottish attackers has been promised should the Scots be victorious?
3. Why does the King hope that Catalina believes her destiny is to be Queen?
4. What is the name of the Moorish doctor that Katherine consults?
5. What do Katherine and Henry do in the summer of 1509?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lady Margaret Pole tell Katherine after the death of her son in "Spring 1511"?
2. When Katherine tells Henry that she was not still pregnant after all in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510", what does Henry worry? What does Katherine later pray for?
3. Describe the coronation.
4. How does Harry react to the news that he is betrothed to Catalina in June 1503?
5. What change does Katherine notice in Henry when she returns to court in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?
6. What does Katherine discover which makes her believe Henry has been unfaithful to her?
7. How does Catalina gain the trust of the King? How do his subjects treat her as a result of this trust?
8. What happens to Catalina's family when her mother dies?
9. How does Catalina go about planning Harry's grandmother's funeral?
10. How does Katherine dissuade Henry from joining her father in an invasion of the Moors?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What struggles and obstacles does Katherine face throughout the novel? How do they affect her mentally and emotionally? Is she able to overcome them? If so, how?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the career of the author of the novel "The Constant Princess", Philippa Gregory. What other works has she written? Does she write in other genres? Is she respected in the literary world? What are some of the characteristics of her writing?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and interpret the marriage between Katherine and Henry. What does Katherine think of Henry before they marry? Does her opinion of him change as the years go on? How does Katherine's marriage to Henry compare to her marriage to Arthur?
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