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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Angus tries to gain power after Harry is thrown in jail, what does James take more control of?
(a) The servants.
(b) Both of these answers are correct.
(c) Neither of these answers is correct.
(d) His own household.

2. Who does Albany send when he himself is invited to Henry's court during Margaret's stay in England?
(a) One of King James's illegitimate children.
(b) An emissary.
(c) No one, which is a horrible insult to Henry.
(d) Baby James.

3. How do the common people feel about Albany's plans to invade England?
(a) They think it's a bad idea from day one.
(b) They originally are behind him.
(c) No one really cares what he does as long as they have food and shelter.
(d) Some are for him, some are against him.

4. Why does James think Albany is aligning himself with the Flemings?
(a) To rescue him from his imprisonment.
(b) To plot James's own murder.
(c) To gather an army against Henry.
(d) To overthrow Margaret.

5. Who was Katherine's first husband?
(a) Henry's older brother Arthur.
(b) Some man no one really knows much about.
(c) Margaret's first husband, James.
(d) Mary's first husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Margaret respond to all of the events that Henry plans when she returns to England?

2. What happens to James's first wife?

3. Who sends Margaret a priest to discourage her from getting a divorce?

4. When does Margaret marry Harry?

5. What convinces James to marry the person Margaret wants him to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Angus respond to Margaret's confrontation when he visits her as she is en route to Henry's court?

2. What makes Margaret give up on the idea of divorce when she first considers it seriously?

3. What does Mary say about how she would have reacted if she were Margaret to Angus's abandonment of her?

4. What secret does Angus have that Margaret eventually learns when Margaret returns to Scotland?

5. What does Mary remind Margaret of during one of Henry's jousting matches?

6. What does Henry like so much about Margaret, Mary, and Katherine's plea for mercy for those involved in Evil May Day?

7. Why does the French king allow Albany to remain in France after Margaret returns to England?

8. Why are people afraid to oppose James when he demands that Parliament recognize him as king?

9. Why does Margaret object to James's request for a divorce for his lover when she herself had a request granted?

10. Why does Margaret think Harry is the ideal mate?

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