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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapter 3: Angels .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what activity is the term "tilt yard" (13) associated?
(a) Eating.
(b) Jousting.
(c) Bloodletting.
(d) Torturing.

2. When Cromwell ponders the mutability of humankind, he decides that what objects "breed gentle manners" (33)?
(a) Full bellies.
(b) Acres of land.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Years of education.

3. Katherine becomes irate when Cromwell suggests that Henry's break with which character had occurred due to her actions?
(a) Cromwell.
(b) More.
(c) Wolsey.
(d) The Pope.

4. How had the French ambassador described Mary's blood, according to Cromwell?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Dutch.
(d) English.

5. In what month had Henry left Whitehall with the royal procession?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the novel opens, the narrator states that "England has enjoyed" how many years "of peace" (5)?

2. What is NOT a positive trait Cromwell attributes to his son Gregory?

3. What role does Henry ask Jane to take on at court in Chapter 2: Crows?

4. For what reason does Cromwell go to see Katherine in Chapter 2: Crows?

5. To whom does Cromwell write with news of Katherine's imminent demise in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?

(see the answer key)

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