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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. Where does Anne want Mary to be with her?

2. Who does Mary think are just temporarily disagreeing on the marriage issue?

3. Who ends up escorting Mary to court?

4. Who asks to call William "Father"?

5. Where are George and Anne refused service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Anne and George do to help Anne's stillbirth?

2. What do Mary and William Stafford both say about the boat trip crossing the English Channel?

3. What does Anne have built for Henry for a New Year present?

4. Who is the King lustfully torn between now?

5. Why should Mary have been arrested, too?

6. Who are the people who know of Anne's latest pregnancy?

7. Who marries Henry and Anne and what does he think of Henry's previous marriage?

8. How does George first experience the public's rejection of Anne?

9. Why does Mary fear for George's safety?

10. What do George and Mary think of the present from #41?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Being a homosexual was a crime in the time of Henry VIII. And yet, there are homosexual characters in this novel.

Part 1: Why do you think being a homosexual was considered a crime?

Part 2: Why do you think George was so open about his sexuality, much to the dismay of his sisters?

Part 3: What do you think of the possible child that George and Anne created? What does that possibility say to you about these characters?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of a nobody is something that keeps Mary away from William for a while.

Part 1: How does one define "nobody" in this story?

Part 2: Give a list of some of the nobodies in the story.

Part 3: When Mary is told she doesn't really want to be a nobody, even though she does marry one, what does this say about Mary?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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