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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 number child is the second baby James (of Margaret's)?

2. Why is the birth of Margaret's second child a bit disappointing?

3. Where does Lady Heron live?

4. Who is Janet Kennedy when she is first introduced in the text?

5. Why is John Stuart referred to as "Albany"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Margaret's title of "Regent" mean?

2. How does Henry approach his future kingship when he is young?

3. Why does James think he has a curse on him that prevents him from having healthy children with Margaret?

4. Why does James finally agree to marry Margaret?

5. How does Margaret react to the death of her mother?

6. Why does James think it's a perfectly fine idea to bring his illegitimate children to the castle to live?

7. How does the young Henry feel about Margaret's planned marriage to James?

8. How does James react to learning that Janet Kennedy has a lover 25 years her senior?

9. What does Margaret have James do for Albany upon his arrival to Scotland?

10. Why does Henry deny Margaret's request for her inheritance from her brother Arthur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What three major aspects of "The Thistle and the Rose" would have been different if Margaret were a man?

Essay Topic 2

Conduct a character analysis of "Bell-the-Cat." When does he appear? What function does he serve?

Essay Topic 3

Choose the point when Margaret finally becomes her own person in the novel and discuss when this moment is, how the reader knows this transformation has taken place, and at least two literary devices Plaidy uses to convey to the reader that such a transformation has occurred.

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