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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 Catherine of Aragon receive which many of her contemporaries did not?
(a) A special medal.
(b) A dowry.
(c) An offer of marriage.
(d) An education.

2. Why was Anne brought back to England around 1521?
(a) Her mother had died.
(b) She had been misbehaving.
(c) She was invited to live in Henry's court.
(d) So that a marriage could be arranged for her.

3. Which title did Henry bestow on his illegitimate son in Chapter 5?
(a) Duke of Cornwall.
(b) Duke of Lancaster.
(c) Duke of Richmond.
(d) Duke of York.

4. Who was a marriage prospect that was considered for Anne?
(a) Sir John Cheke.
(b) Sir Henry Sidney.
(c) Sir Piers Butler.
(d) Sir Robert Kett.

5. Catherine of Aragon and Henry's firstborn son died of ___________.
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Rheumatic heart disease.
(c) A plague.
(d) Unknown causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Henry particularly happy about his child born in 1516?

2. Whom does Fraser note Henry may possibly have met at the huge gathering in 1520?

3. Which nations were involved in the gathering which took place in 1520?

4. What country was Catherine of Aragon from?

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a part of the Boleyn family background?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though their marriage was deteriorating, what did Catherine of Aragon continue to make for Henry? How did Anne Boleyn feel about this?

2. As Catherine of Aragon approached her fortieth birthday, what did Henry VIII focus his attention on?

3. What does Fraser speculate was the reason Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon?

4. What was Anne Boleyn's family background?

5. When did Catherine finally give birth to a healthy child? Why was there disappointment surrounding this child's birth?

6. What made King Henry believe his marriage to Catherine of Aragon was illegitimate?

7. What did Catherine of Aragon say in her speech at the tribunal at Blackfriars in 1529?

8. What meeting between France and England occurred around 1520? Whom might Henry have met at this meeting?

9. What is questioned about Catherine of Aragon and Prince Arthur's wedding night? Why?

10. Who were Catherine of Aragon's parents? What is noted about her mother?

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