Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is William?
2. What was sent for Mary and William's journey?
3. Who does Anne force to be present during the birth of the new child?
4. Who is the discordant one among Anne's ladies in waiting?
5. To where does Mary want to return?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Anne promised if she signs the annulment papers quickly?
2. What is Anne instructed to tell Henry about her miscarriage?
3. What do George and Mary think of the present from #41?
4. What do Anne and George do to help Anne's stillbirth?
5. Why should Mary have been arrested, too?
6. What are some of the ways Anne is behaving like Queen Katherine?
7. How does George first experience the public's rejection of Anne?
8. How is Anne seen in the eyes of the English people?
9. Who are the people who know of Anne's latest pregnancy?
10. When it is time for Mary to go to Hever to see her children, what does Anne inform Mary Anne has done?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many people, after reading "The Other Boleyn Girl" feel the story of Henry VIII is somehow different from the one they've learned in school or on their own.
Part 1: What did you think of the Henry VIII story before you read this book? What were your experiences of it?
Part 2: Do you think this story's portrayal of the history is accurate? Why or why not?
Part 3: How has your opinion of Henry VIII changed? Or has it stayed the same? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Mary, in the end, chooses a very different life than Anne.
Part 1: Why do you think Mary chooses the simpler life?
Part 2: What does Mary's choice say about her and about her motivations?
Part 3: At the end, Mary still feels she would like to go back to court someday. Why do you think she still longs for that life?
Essay Topic 3
To some, this novel might be seen as a declaration of a need for a feminist movement, with Mary's mindset changing rapidly as the story progresses.
Part 1: What are some examples of female power in this story?
Part 2: What are some ways women are treated as lesser creatures?
Part 3: What does it say that Mary reveals "the triumph of Anne, the mistress who had become a wife, was an inspiration to every loose girl in the country"?
This section contains 587 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |