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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 is the Queen sent to bed by her physicians one evening during autumn, 1558?

2. How does Hannah escape the invasion?

3. Who helps Hannah make sure that the Jewish customs are followed at Hannah's father's death?

4. What is Bishop Bonner known as?

5. Who does Daniel mistake Danny for when he is reunited with Hannah in 1558?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who visits Calais in the early summer in 1557?

4. Realizing that her health is in decline, what does Mary ask Hannah to do?

5. What makes Hannah long to return to England in 1557?

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

7. On what charge is Hannah arrested? Who vouches for her when she is brought before Bishop Bonner? After new laws are passed which widen the criteria for arrest for heresy, Hannah is arrested.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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