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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. Why does Hannah decide to remain in London in 1554?

2. Who does Hannah spend her afternoons with at court in spring, 1553?

3. What does Elizabeth fear about returning to London in 1554?

4. How did Hannah's mother die?

5. What religion does Mary's desired husband practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Hannah discover when she goes to visit her ill father in Spring and Summer 1554?

3. In May 1554, where is Elizabeth taken to live?

4. How do Elizabeth and Mary differ in their religious beliefs?

5. Why is Lord Dudley sent to the Tower? What does this mean for Hannah?

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

7. During Mary's fight for the throne, where was her half-sister, Lady Elizabeth? When did Elizabeth reappear?

8. Why does Hannah break her engagement to Daniel?

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

10. How did Hannah come to be employed in the home of the Dudley family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of Hannah's visions? How do they help her throughout the novel? How do they hurt her? What does she see in her visions? Do all of her visions happen later on in the novel?

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

What are the different roles of the English monarchy during the Tudor Era? What titles do Elizabeth and Mary hold during the novel? What title do they both covet? How does Elizabeth try to steal Mary's title away from her?

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