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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 does Daniel arrange to stay with Hannah after her father's death?

2. What does Hannah read to her ailing father?

3. Why does Elizabeth no longer fear her sister as of spring, 1555?

4. Where does the royal court relocate in autumn of 1555?

5. Where does Hannah have a vision which causes her to faint in autumn, 1556?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daniel tell Hannah when her father becomes seriously ill?

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

3. When do Hannah and Daniel marry, and what sort of ceremonies do they have?

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

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

6. Under what circumstances does Mary agree to name Elizabeth her heir?

7. Why do Hannah and Daniel look forward to Elizabeth's reign as queen?

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

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

10. In what way is Philip's relationship with Elizabeth a political move?

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

Discuss Edward's and Mary's court. What are some of the different positions in court? What characters in the novel are part of the court? What is Hannah's role in court? Does she enjoy staying at court? Why or why not?

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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