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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 does King Henry refuse to do?

2. Who is the king's master planner?

3. Who is only in the Boleyn family by marriage?

4. Who is Katherine's only child and legitimate child with Henry?

5. What does the Queen do when asked to testify?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Cardinal Wolsey arranged a secret court at Westminster?

2. How does King Henry take control of the church?

3. What happens to Henry Fitzroy since the King is so desperate for an heir?

4. How does Anne attempt to have control over her sister?

5. What does Anne find Queen Katherine is still doing?

6. Why has the Queen missed her "courses"?

7. Why is the King in a dark mood?

8. Why does King Henry refuse to joust?

9. Why does George have a black eye?

10. What does King Henry send as gifts to Mary's baby once she is born?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The sibling relationships in this story are different from what one today might consider appropriate.

Part 1: Describe the relationship between Mary and George.

Part 2: Describe the relationship between Anne and George.

Part 3: Describe the scenes in which George and Anne seemed to cross a line of decency in their relationship. Describe at least 2 situations.

Essay Topic 2

Sex is obviously a large part of this text and of the lives of the women and men in the novel.

Part 1: How does sex come into play in this novel? Who are some of the couples, for example?

Part 2: How is sex used in the story? Why do Mary and Anne, for example, have sex with the men in their lives? For love? For power? Both?

Part 3: What does the author seem to be saying about sex in this time period?

Essay Topic 3

Many authors use foreshadowing to give the reader hints as to events to come. In the very first chapter, Mary's conversation with her mother seems to foreshadow the rest of the book.

Part 1: What happens in the conversation between Mary and her mother?

Part 2: How does this conversation foreshadow other parts of the book?

Part 3: What does this conversation say about Mary? About her mother?

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