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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 soon after the coronation did Katherine become pregnant?
(a) One month.
(b) Three months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

2. How old was Henry when his father died?
(a) Seventeen years old.
(b) Fourteen years old.
(c) Twelve years old.
(d) Nine years old.

3. What did Henry realize had happened when the King of France sent him a reply to a letter?
(a) That there was a spy in his Court.
(b) That someone had forged Henry's name.
(c) That he must dismiss everyone on his Privy Council.
(d) That the French welcomed peace.

4. What did Katherine announce as the first anniversary of her and Henry's coronation approaches?
(a) Her father had died.
(b) She wanted to join a convent.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) She wanted a divorce.

5. At age fourteen, why did Henry sign an annulment to his betrothal?
(a) On the grounds that the bride-to-be was ill.
(b) On the grounds that the union was treasonous.
(c) On the grounds that the union no longer satisfied the parties involved.
(d) On the grounds that the union would be incestuous.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Henry arranged a tryst with Anne, what excuse for not meeting him did Anne send to Henry in a note?

2. Whose son did Wolsey arrange for Bessie to marry?

3. Who was Bessie Blount?

4. On what day were Katherine and Henry crowned at Westminster Abbey?

5. What did Henry offer to his illegitimate son and the boy's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Katherine's first pregnancy end, and what happened to the child?

2. Who did Wolsey arrange for Bessie Blount to marry, and what worried Henry about this arrangement?

3. At age eleven, how did Henry feel about being betrothed to Katherine of Aragon?

4. After Henry became King, what gift did King Louis of France send to him during Christmas, and how did Henry react to it?

5. Following his brother's death, what statement from Henry's mother was said to have had a lasting effect on him?

6. What was significant about the letter Henry received from the King of France right after becoming King?

7. At the beginning of the novel, who does Will Somers carry out a correspondence with, and what news does he share in his letters?

8. After becoming heir to the throne at age ten, how did Henry spend his days?

9. Why did Henry decide to have his son, Henry Fitzroy, brought to Court and knighted?

10. Why was Katherine forced by Henry to renounce her father?

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