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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 is Katherine's second choice on the list of visitors she provides to Cromwell when requesting Henry's permission?
(a) Chapuys.
(b) Norris.
(c) Weston.
(d) Mary.

2. For what reason does Cromwell go to see Katherine in Chapter 2: Crows?
(a) To tell her that Mary will be allowed to visit her very soon.
(b) To tell her the news that Jane is pregnant.
(c) To beseech her to officially withdraw from her position as queen.
(d) To beseech her to see her daughter Mary.

3. Which courtier was executed the same week as Henry left Whitehall to go on progress?
(a) Mark Smeaton.
(b) Francis Weston.
(c) John Seymour.
(d) Thomas More.

4. When Cromwell returns to court, he tells Henry that he believes that Katherine ought to be allowed to visit which person?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Mary.
(c) Chapuys.
(d) Jane.

5. In what location did Henry and Anne first engage in a sexual encounter, according to Cromwell?
(a) Padua.
(b) Greece.
(c) Calais.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had originally requested the open letter that Gardiner brings to Cromwell in Chapter 2: Crows?

2. For what transgression is Gardiner being punished with exile in Chapter 2: Crows?

3. Jane asserts in Chapter 1: Falcons that Mary Shelton is teaching her what language?

4. When the novel opens, the narrator states that "England has enjoyed" how many years "of peace" (5)?

5. When Cromwell ponders the mutability of humankind, he decides that what object "makes monsters" (33)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does the narrator provide for the conclusion that Henry has aged a great deal in the past five years?

2. What item does Henry lose in Chapter 1 and how do the rest of the courtiers respond?

3. Who is Mark Smeaton?

4. Who are the Plantagenets and what do they believe about the Tudors, according to Cromwell?

5. How does Jane react to Henry's question about her shyness in Chapter 1: Falcons?

6. What is the significance of "Late autumn" in "the year 1532," (20) according to the narrator?

7. In what way does the epigraph of Bring Up the Bodies strike an ironic tone?

8. What does Cromwell mean when he states that Henry has been "a life-long student of inventive ways to die" (25)?

9. What is the significance of Henry's request that Jane become his "good mistress" (97)?

10. What evidence does Cromwell cite when he states that Henry has fallen for Jane?

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