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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 Mrs. Carpenter disclose to Hannah after Hannah had been married for two months?
2. What does Queen Mary hope to do in March, 1558?
3. What about Philip's letters in Autumn 1555 disappoints Mary?
4. What month does the court move in to Hampton in 1558?
5. Where does Elizabeth go in autumn, 1555?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mary view her failed pregnancy, and what does it inspire her to do?
2. When Hannah returns to court, what state does she find the Queen in?
3. 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.
4. Under what circumstances does Mary agree to name Elizabeth her heir?
5. What is Princess Elizabeth's closest maid to be found in possession of?
6. What is Elizabeth's behavior like while the Queen is in confinement?
7. What makes Hannah long to return to England in 1557?
8. As she seeks safety, who does Hannah encounter on the street in the winter of 1557-1558?
9. What news does Lord Dudley bring when he returns from court in February 1558?
10. What does Daniel's mother instruct Hannah about in Calais?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the death motif in the novel "The Queen's Fool". Who dies in the novel and why? How do these deaths affect Hannah, particularly the death of her father?
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 motif of love and romance. Discuss the relationship between Hannah and Lord Dudley, as well as Hannah and Daniel.
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