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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. How can Elizabeth feel Mary's displeasure with her in the spring of 1554?

2. How does Queen Mary feel about the news that the court receives in October, 1554?

3. What is the name of Hannah's fiancé?

4. Why is Lord Dudley sent to the Tower in autumn, 1553?

5. What is Hannah's fiancé studying to become?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what circumstances do Hannah and her father move to England?

2. What vision does Hannah have concerning Tom Seymour?

3. What does Hannah have a vision of on the way to Mary's castle with Elizabeth?

4. What did Mary's councillors want to do to Elizabeth following the uprising against Mary? Why does Elizabeth procrastinate in her return to London?

5. On her journey to Hunsdon, what does Hannah notice about the villages she passes through?

6. What offer does Mary give to Elizabeth in order for Elizabeth to regain her freedom?

7. What does Hannah assume when Mary sends her to see Elizabeth in Winter 1554? What does Mary remind Hannah of to correct her?

8. Who does Mary decide to marry? What are Mary's feelings about marriage?

9. Why does Hannah return to serve Elizabeth after agreeing to go to France?

10. Who did the country people hope would ascend to the throne and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the career of the author of the novel "The Queen's Fool" 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 2

Analyze the conflicts of the novel "The Queen's Fool". What are some examples of conflict in the novel? How do these conflicts involve and affect Hannah? How are these conflicts resolved?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Hannah Green. What are her defining characteristics? Describe her background. What is her role at court? What is her relationship to the Queen?

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