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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 is the significance of the nipples on the fountain?

2. Who is the discordant one among Anne's ladies in waiting?

3. What is George's one goal in life?

4. For how long does William disappear?

5. How many men have been imprisoned for disloyalty to the King?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary say that the secret is of Anne and her success with the King?

2. Who is the King lustfully torn between now?

3. What does Anne tell Mary the King can make her?

4. When Mary is summoned back to court, what are the conditions?

5. Why does Howard think it is so important for Anne's child to be a boy?

6. What is Anne instructed to tell Henry about her miscarriage?

7. What is Anne's reaction when Mary tells her she is pregnant and married?

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

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

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

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

Mary, in the end, chooses a very different life than Anne.

Part 1: Why do you think Mary chooses the simpler life?

Part 2: What does Mary's choice say about her and about her motivations?

Part 3: At the end, Mary still feels she would like to go back to court someday. Why do you think she still longs for that life?

Essay Topic 3

Mary is the central figure of this story and also its narrator.

Part 1: Why do you think Philippa Gregory chose Mary as the narrator?

Part 2: Is the story hindered by its narrator? Why or why not?

Part 3: Is Mary a narrator that can be trusted? Why or why not?

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