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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 King Henry VIII do daily to divert his attention from his marital troubles?
(a) He visited his children.
(b) He played tennis.
(c) He drank heavily.
(d) He went hunting.

2. Who died on December 21, 1536?
(a) Princess Mary.
(b) Sir John Seymour.
(c) Thomas Cromwell.
(d) Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire.

3. Which of these men arrested in conjunction with Queen Anne's alleged crimes was arrested, but never charged?
(a) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(b) Lord Rochford.
(c) William Brereton.
(d) Sir Henry Norris.

4. What gift did King Henry VIII present to Anne Boleyn in August, 1533?
(a) A christening gown.
(b) A jeweled coronet.
(c) A French bed.
(d) A fancy velvet saddle.

5. Which of these men was not executed for treason at the Tower of London?
(a) Sir Thomas More.
(b) Father John Forrest.
(c) John Fisher.
(d) Reginald Pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "Valor Ecclesiasticus"?

2. Over what did King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn argue in August, 1533?

3. Who did King Henry VIII begin courting in April, 1540?

4. At what event did Queen Anne and King Henry VIII last see one another?

5. In 1541, whose execution was one of the ghastliest atrocities of Henry VIII's reign?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the birth of Princess Elizabeth affect the Princess Mary?

2. How was the birth of Prince Edward celebrated?

3. On what grounds was King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves dissolved?

4. What happened in 1541 to sour relations between England and Scotland?

5. How did Queen Katherine spend her last hours?

6. What kinds of charity did Queen Anne perform?

7. What urgent matter diverted the Privy Council's attention from the executions of Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper in December, 1541?

8. How did Anne Boleyn accept her sentence of death?

9. How was Queen Katherine mourned?

10. What important events occurred in the Vatican in the winter and spring of 1534?

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