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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. What did Thomas Seymour tell the Yeomen of the Guard when they arrived at the king's chamber after he and his armed men entered with a forged key?
(a) That he was protecting the king.
(b) That he was testing the king's security.
(c) That he desired a meeting with the king.
(d) That he wanted to find the king.

2. Who had to sign a document that declared that her mother's marriage to Henry VIII was unlawful?
(a) Anne.
(b) Mary.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Jane.

3. What was the name of the epidemic that broke out in the summer of 1551?
(a) Sweating sickness.
(b) Black death.
(c) Plague.
(d) Typhus.

4. When Mary fled to Kenninghall, she stated that she was the true queen by "____and____law"?
(a) Human; common.
(b) Divine; necessary.
(c) Divine; human.
(d) Necessary; common.

5. Why wasn't the public happy about Jane Grey being crowned the queen?
(a) Because they believed Mary to be the rightful queen.
(b) Because they wanted Elizabeth as their queen.
(c) Because they were still mourning the king's death.
(d) Because they advocated the abolition of royal ascension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sir William Sharington's title at the Bristol Mint?

2. Why was Edward VI reluctant to sign Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset's death warrant?

3. Francis van der Delft was recalled home to _____ because of ill health.

4. How many wives did Henry VIII have?

5. According to Weir, what could John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, have done with the king's body to avoid an autopsy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector Edward Seymour to be overthrown by John Dudley?

2. How did Jane Grey's parents treat her and what did it signify?

3. How were Elizabeth and Mary concerning the effect of being disinherited by their father?

4. Describe the relationship between Thomas Seymour and his fourteen year-old stepdaughter Elizabeth and its significance.

5. What was Edward Seymour accused of that brought about a sentence of death by beheading, and what was the public's response?

6. Whom did Thomas Seymour marry after failing to secure the hand of Princess Mary, and why was it significant?

7. Who was William Sharington and why did Thomas Seymour bribe him?

8. What were the grounds of Henry VIII's divorce to Katherine of Aragon and what did they signify?

9. Who did Duke of Northumberland betroth Jane Grey to after he learned of the king's failing health and why?

10. What was Elizabeth's reputation following Thomas Seymour's death and what did it signify?

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