The Ultimate The Queen's Fool Quiz

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1. This book takes place in what setting?

Answer: Tudor England

This novel shows the life of Hannah Green, a fictional character who lives in sixteenth-century England, during the reign of the Tudors. She is originally from Spain, but persecution forces her family to leave. In England she has to live through the dangerous reigns of conflicting monarchs, Edward VI and Mary I.

2. What makes Hannah Green so different from everyone else?

Answer: She is psychic

Hannah first realizes her power when she sees an angel walking down the street, although she does not know it is an angel until she is told by her soon-to-be friend, John Dee. She is also able to see into the future, which is shown when she sees the invasion of Calais at church and ends up on the church floor.

3. Throughout the book, what religion is Hannah?

Answer: All of these

Hannah's family is Jewish, but when the Spanish Inquisition forces them from their country, they are forced to convert to Protestantism in order to live in England, where the Protestant Edward VI is King. When Edward dies, his Catholic sister Mary inherits the throne, and they are forced to convert once more.

4. Why does Robert Dudley call Hannah "Mistress Boy"?

Answer: She dresses like a boy in her father's shop

While fleeing Spain, Hannah is forced to dress in men's clothing so they could move faster and wouldn't be detected. She continues to wear this garb in her father's printing shop, because then she will be allowed to help out. When he discovers this, Robert thinks it is so funny that he makes a pet name out of it.

5. Who is Hannah's husband?

Answer: Daniel

Daniel is also from an old Jewish family. Hannah's father and Daniel's mother decide that they should be married, and although Daniel agrees, Hannah is not enthusiastic about the match. She ends up falling in love with him by the end, however.

6. When Hannah is enlisted as a fool for young Edward VI, another fool is already working there. Who is this man, who would become her mentor?

Answer: Will Somers

Will Somers is a long-time fool of the Tudor court. He had even been a fool for Edward's father, so he is able to acquaint Hannah with the facts of being a fool, and to help her through the difficult moments when she didn't know what she was doing.

7. What embarrassing thing does Hannah do when she is arrested for suspected heresy?

Answer: She wets herself

When the Marian persecution begins and Hannah is brought for questioning in the Tower, she is so frightened by memories of the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition that she wets herself. She is soon excused, and set free.

8. What member of the Green family was killed during the Spanish Inquisition?

Answer: Hannah's mother

During the Inquisition, Jews were one of the first groups to be persecuted. The Green family is Jewish, so they are immediately attacked. Hannah's mother is burned at the stake, and Hannah and her father are barely able to make it out alive.

9. Hannah's husband is jealous of her love for Doctor John Dee.

Answer: False

Hannah was only friends with John Dee. Besides Daniel, the only other man she had romantic feelings for was Robert Dudley. Daniel was extremely jealous, and tried to get Hannah to stay away from him, but she continued to do things for him.

10. Hannah and her husband decide to move out of England when she is dismissed from her service at court. Where do they move?

Answer: Calais

Calais, though technically in France, was owned by England in the sixteenth century. Hannah and Daniel think it will be a good place to start their married life together and to escape persecution in case anyone discovers they used to be Jewish.

11. It turns out that while Hannah is working at court and her husband lives out of the country, he does something unforgivable. What does he do?

Answer: He cheats on Hannah

Despite Daniel's protests, Hannah takes her time in leaving court. Daniel quickly loses patience, and bides his time by cheating on Hannah with a maiden that lives nearby his home in Calais. The girl even has a baby by him, but Hannah is not told about this, and has to discover it on her own.

12. Who becomes angry when she catches Hannah and John Dee in Robert Dudley's room?

Answer: Amy Dudley

Amy Dudley is Robert's wife, and when she finds John, Robert, and Hannah trying to summon Hannah's psychic abilities with the assistance of a mirror and candles, she fumes. She is more angry that Hannah is there in her husband's room, and also that Robert tried to hide it.

13. Hannah becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy while she is away from England.

Answer: False

Hannah never becomes pregnant in this book. She does, however, adopt Daniel's mistress's baby when the mother is killed in the invasion of Calais. She says that it is her own son, though, and begins to love him as if her were her own.

14. What happens to Hannah's husband at the end of the book?

Answer: He is released from a prisoner of war camp

During the invasion of Calais, Daniel is captured by the French and imprisoned. Robert Dudley bargains for his release to gratify Hannah, and she expects to meet up with him soon and continue their lives together. It is at this moment that we see her real love for Daniel, and it is here that her childish love of Robert Dudley disappears.

15. Hannah sees a new monarch crowned in the last pages of the book. Who is he/she?

Answer: Elizabeth I

After seeing both Edward VI and Mary I reach their prime and slowly die, Hannah is able to see the final Tudor child, Elizabeth, obtain the crown. At this point, Hannah is no longer a fool, but she still has a friendship with Elizabeth, and looks forward to a lifetime of no more persecution.

Source: Author princess_1990

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This book is part of a series of historical fiction novels written by Philippa Gregory. It details the life of fictional Hannah Green, a royal fool. Let's see how much you remember from this entertaining novel.

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