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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. How old is James's wife?
(a) Only a medium amount older than him.
(b) Very old.
(c) Only a little bit older than him.
(d) Very young.

2. Who is James Hamilton?
(a) Angus's cousin, who Margaret gets a crush on.
(b) Margaret's son.
(c) A young man Margaret takes as her new lover.
(d) Margaret's nephew.

3. What does someone tell James would have happened had he try to run from the guards during his escape attempt?
(a) That they needed any excuse to kill him.
(b) That they were being paid to pretend to be angry.
(c) That they would rather have pulled him in to pieces than lose him.
(d) That they would have let him go if he just asked.

4. What was wrong with Mary's first husband according to her?
(a) He was too boring.
(b) He was too annoying.
(c) He was too old.
(d) He was too sick.

5. What happens to Henry's wife?
(a) She is killed by the Spanish.
(b) She dies in childbirth.
(c) She kills herself.
(d) She is killed by the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margaret think about her sudden illness at the end of "The Thistle and the Rose"?

2. Who fights Margaret's request for a divorce from Angus the most?

3. Who does Albany send when he himself is invited to Henry's court during Margaret's stay in England?

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

5. How does Margaret react when Albany returns after Margaret has learned he has had other lovers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What weighs heavily on Henry's mind about his marriage to Katherine?

3. What does Angus believe about his relationship with Margaret, even though she acts aloof when she sees him after learning of his infidelity?

4. What does Henry do to impress upon Margaret how his English Court is superior to her Scottish one?

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

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

7. Why does Angus want to go after Harry?

8. What notable change does Margaret see in her son after he speaks to Parliament?

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

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

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