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13. Discuss Elizabeth’s dream about hunting in which both of her parents, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, as well as Robert and Amy, appear. What does this dream mean? Why does Amy take the arrow that is intended for Elizabeth? How would Elizabeth’s life have been different if Anne Boleyn had lived and been there to give her a mother’s guidance?
14. At the end of the book, why does Elizabeth stage the ennoblement ceremony only to tear up the patent? What message is she sending to her courtiers and to Robert?
15. For 450 years speculation has run rampant about the cause of Amy Robsart Dudley’s death—was it an accident, suicide, murder, or an underlying medical condition such as cancer? What do you think?
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