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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 Bishop Bonner known as?

2. Who does Hannah see while at church in autumn, 1556?

3. What does Hannah do to draw less attention to her status as single women?

4. What does the King contemplate doing in spring, 1555?

5. How many defensive forts surround Calais?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disappoints Mary about the letters she receives from Philip?

2. Who does Hannah see while out riding her horse? What does this person bring to Elizabeth?

3. What secret does Mrs. Carpenter reveal about Daniel in Summer - Autumn 1556?

4. After being found innocent of the charges against her, what does Hannah decide to do?

5. How is Mrs. Carpenter helpful when Hannah's father passes away?

6. When Hannah returns to court, what state does she find the Queen in?

7. Where does Hannah go after Daniel's mistress is killed right in front of her?

8. What is Elizabeth's behavior like while the Queen is in confinement?

9. What does Mrs. Carpenter confront Hannah about a couple of months after she and Daniel marry?

10. As she seeks safety, who does Hannah encounter on the street in the winter of 1557-1558?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of power in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who seeks power? Why do Mary and Elizabeth desire to become Queen? What do they want to do as Queen? To what lengths does Elizabeth go to achieve this goal? To what lengths does Mary go to keep her title? Who is Lady Jane Grey and how does she (and her supporters) try to takeover the throne?

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