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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 Margaret want to marry if her divorce from Angus is granted?

2. What secret of Harry's does Margaret eventually discover?

3. Who is James Hamilton?

4. What group calls on Albany to return to Scotland?

5. Who does Margaret tell James is not trustworthy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Angus fight Margaret's divorce request?

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

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

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

5. How does James Hamilton make Margaret feel?

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

7. What does Margaret come to realize once James takes the throne?

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

9. What does James realize about his captors after he is attacked while with George Douglas and his guards?

10. Why does James refuse to support Angus's challenge to Harry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion plays an important, if behind-the-scenes, role in "The Thistle and the Rose." Discuss the role religion plays in the text and how Plaidy conveys it throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Parents, such as Henry's and Margaret's and even James's, are presented as complicated characters in "The Thistle and the Rose." Discuss how parents are portrayed in "The Thistle and the Rose" as well as what message Plaidy is trying to convey to the reader about the power and influence of parents over the main characters in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the character of Margaret from the beginning of "The Thistle and the Rose" with the character of Margaret at the conclusion of "The Thistle and the Rose." How is she the same? How is she different? What were the major factors that changed her as a character, and what kept her the same?

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