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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 does Catalina sustain her household in 1504?
(a) By begging her family to send money.
(b) By selling off land.
(c) With an allowance from the Tudors.
(d) By selling off her plates one at a time.

2. In which month does Katherine learn her son had died?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) February.
(d) April.

3. Why is the Moorish doctor confident that Katherine will be pregnant soon?
(a) She is on good terms with her husband.
(b) The whole nation is praying for it.
(c) She is young and obviously fertile.
(d) She is taking the necessary steps for it to happen.

4. Why are Catalina and Harry married quietly?
(a) To keep the public from arguing against the match,
(b) Out of respect for the recently deceased king.
(c) Out of respect for Arthur.
(d) Because the marriage is not approved of by the church.

5. What is the name of the Moorish doctor that Katherine consults?
(a) Yazid.
(b) Yusuf.
(c) Musa.
(d) Yunus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catalina learn about de Puebla after he is recalled to Spain?

2. Why does Henry not believe his affair is a sin?

3. What does King Henry inform his son of in June 1503?

4. Whom does Katherine's father send word that he will be invading?

5. Whom does Katherine believe Henry has had an affair with in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Katherine dissuade Henry from joining her father in an invasion of the Moors?

2. What do Katherine and Henry decide to name their first-born son and why?

3. What tips does the Moorish doctor give Katherine to increase her chances of becoming pregnant?

4. What does Lady Margaret Pole tell Katherine after the death of her son in "Spring 1511"?

5. What does Katherine do to get support from Rome against the Scottish raids?

6. Describe the coronation.

7. What rumor does Catalina's ambassador tell her in 1509? How does she react to this news?

8. What turn of events takes place in 1509, which benefits Catalina?

9. What observations does Catalina make about Harry when she is summoned to dine with the family in 1503?

10. Why does Henry claim that his affair with Anne Stafford is not a sin?

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