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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. Who is Lady Katherine Dudley engaged to marry?

2. What could associating with Lord Dudley do to Hannah's family in 1553?

3. What is one reason Hannah decides to remain at Mary's court in autumn, 1553?

4. When did Hannah and her father move to England?

5. What does Elizabeth do while Mary is under siege in summer, 1553?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news trickles in to Woodstock while Hannah is staying the winter there with Elizabeth?

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

3. How did Hannah's father keep her safe after they fled from Spain?

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

5. Why does Mary invite Elizabeth to return to court in Spring 1555?

6. What does Mary agonize over in Spring and Summer 1554?

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

8. Though Mary is about to give birth to an heir, under what circumstance would Elizabeth still be in line to the throne?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the presence of religion in "The Queen's Fool". Is Hannah a religious person? Are Elizabeth and Mary religious? How does religion shape Mary's reign? How do Hannah's beliefs affect her life?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the genre of the novel. What is the genre of the novel and what are the elements of this kind of genre? What are some other titles of the same genre? What do these works have in common?

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