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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 was the title of King Henry VIII's treatise on the "great matter"?
(a) "The Truth and Nothing But the Truth."
(b) "Truth Be Told."
(c) "A Glass Half Full."
(d) "A Glass of the Truth."

2. What were the Eltham Ordinances?
(a) A treaty between England and France.
(b) A set of guidelines and rules of etiquette for the court.
(c) A treatise on marriage.
(d) The documents by which the King laid claim to the throne.

3. Which of Henry VIII's wives died from complications during childbirth?
(a) Jane Seymour.
(b) Katherine Howard.
(c) Anne of Cleves.
(d) Katherine of Aragon.

4. Against whom did Parliament present forty-four charges in December, 1529?
(a) Cardinal Wolsey.
(b) Anne Boleyn.
(c) Queen Katherine.
(d) George Cavendish.

5. Which leader was killed in battle in 1513?
(a) King Louis XII.
(b) King James IV.
(c) Emperor Maximilian.
(d) King Ferdinand of Aragon.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was Wolsey sent to appeal for help for the King in 1527?

2. To whom did Katherine appeal for help by sending one of her servants?

3. On what day did the Tudors exchange holiday gifts?

4. Which of Henry VIII's mistresses was the mother of his son, Henry FitzRoy?

5. Which of these songs did Henry VIII compose for Katherine of Aragon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Princess Mary affected by the King's determination to annul his marriage to her mother?

2. What were the two main factors that converged in 1527 to spur King Henry VIII to action regarding the dissolution of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon?

3. How did King Henry VIII react to an outbreak of the plague in the summer of 1528?

4. Describe the appearance of Anne Boleyn.

5. What was the custom for a queen who was about to give birth?

6. Why was the confessor, Fray Diego, so controversial in Katherine of Aragon's household?

7. How did Queen Isabella's death affect her daughter, Katherine of Aragon, politically?

8. What was the relationship between King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn like between 1529-1531?

9. How was a marriage executed in Tudor England?

10. Why was the Pope involved in Katherine of Aragon's betrothal to Prince Henry?

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