The Thistle and the Rose Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Eleanor Hibbert and Jean Plaidy
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Thistle and the Rose Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Eleanor Hibbert and Jean Plaidy
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who helps Margaret make plans to flee the country with her children?
(a) Lord Home.
(b) Angus.
(c) Albany.
(d) Henry.

2. Why is Angus single when Margaret becomes interested in him?
(a) Because he is too poor to find a wife.
(b) Because Margaret had her banished.
(c) Because he is too shy to meet anyone to get married to.
(d) Because his wife has just died.

3. What is the one thing that Margaret can give James that his lovers cannot?
(a) True love.
(b) A legitimate heir.
(c) The crown.
(d) Money.

4. How does Margaret first react to James's infidelity?
(a) She doesn't talk to him for a year.
(b) She doesn't care as long as she stays queen.
(c) She is angry but continues to be seduced by him.
(d) She leaves to return home to England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is James?

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

3. What does Margaret name the son she has after James's death?

4. Why is the alliance between Albany and Angus particularly scandalous?

5. How does Angus respond to Margaret's plan to flee Scotland with her children?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Margaret respond to Henry when they are both young?

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

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

5. In "The Curse of Sauchieburn," why does Margaret try to intervene with James when several Scottish men are arrested in England?

6. How does Henry respond to Margaret's letter requesting that he not invade Scotland shortly after James dies in battle?

7. How does James react to the death of Margaret's palfreys?

8. Who is Margaret and James's child Arthur named after?

9. What does Bell-the-Cat tell Angus on his deathbed?

10. Why does the political establishment not think Margaret is able to rule until young James comes of age?

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