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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 Mary hope to do by marrying Philip?

2. Where did Hannah live before emigrating to England?

3. What does the Queen reiterate to Elizabeth in autumn, 1554?

4. What is Hannah's father's occupation?

5. How does Hannah spend her mornings at court in spring, 1553?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mary required to do following the uprising against her in Winter 1554?

2. How do the Dudley's hope to use Hannah's premonitory visions to their advantage? What does Hannah predict about the succession of the throne?

3. Why does Mary send Hannah to visit Elizabeth in Winter 1554?

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. Why is Hannah sent to the English court in the summer of 1548?

6. Why does Hannah go to see Lord Dudley at the Tower?

7. What happens politically after the death of King Edward?

8. Why does Hannah break her engagement to Daniel?

9. In Spring 1553, why are disappearances occurring? What does this mean for Hannah's family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who are Hannah's family members? Do they help or hinder Hannah throughout the novel? Who are the members of Mary's family? Do they help or hinder Mary during her reign?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the tone of the novel "The Queen's Fool". How does Gregory convey this tone? Does the tone change at any point in the novel? If so, what events prompt this change?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of love and romance. Discuss the relationship between Hannah and Lord Dudley, as well as Hannah and Daniel.

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