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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do James and Margaret do after their marriage?
(a) Drink poison wine so they will always be together.
(b) Refuse to speak to each other.
(c) Get separated by wars.
(d) Travel the country together.

2. Who does Margaret put into positions of power after she marries Angus?
(a) James's illegitimate children.
(b) Members of her family.
(c) Members of his family.
(d) Random commoners that she likes.

3. Which children does James say he wants to bring to the castle?
(a) His other illegitimate sons.
(b) His nieces and nephews.
(c) Random children from the town.
(d) His other illegitimate daughters.

4. Where does Margaret have her first marriage ceremony to James?
(a) In England.
(b) In France.
(c) In Spain.
(d) In Scotland.

5. Who is the child Margaret encounters one day in the castle shortly after she marries James?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her sister.
(c) A ghost.
(d) His daughter with another woman.

6. How old is Margaret when she first becomes pregnant?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 24.

7. Why does Bell-the-Cat die?
(a) He is poisoned.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) From grief over losing loved ones.
(d) James kills him.

8. How does Margaret react to learning that James has stayed for a while with Lady Heron?
(a) She is happy, since Lady Heron is her friend.
(b) She doesn't care anymore.
(c) She kills herself.
(d) She is angry.

9. Why is John Stuart referred to as "Albany"?
(a) Because he is from there.
(b) Because he loves the city.
(c) No one knows, really.
(d) Because his mother called him that.

10. How does Angus respond when Margaret tries to seduce him for the first time?
(a) He laughs at her lame attempts.
(b) He fights it.
(c) He flees in terror.
(d) He succumbs.

11. What happens to Margaret's second child soon after being born?
(a) She is kidnapped.
(b) She dies.
(c) He dies.
(d) He is kidnapped.

12. Who is Angus in love with when Bell-the-Cat dies?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Mary.
(d) Lady Jane Stuart.

13. Where does Margaret await the formal invitation from Henry to come to his court?
(a) London.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) Morpeth Castle.

14. How does Margaret react to James when she first meets him?
(a) She is intrigued but standoffish.
(b) She can't stand him.
(c) She finds him funny but not very smart.
(d) She falls immediately in love with him.

15. What kind of wedding do Angus and Margaret have?
(a) A very big, ostentacious one.
(b) A small but simple one.
(c) A very dramatic one.
(d) A secret one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Thistle and the Rose"?

2. Where is John Stuart living when he is called to Scotland?

3. What country does the opening of "The Thistle and the Rose" take place in?

4. What does Henry always want as a child?

5. What holiday happens right before baby James reaches his first birthday?

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