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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Chapter 1: Falcons.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Henry lose "early in the day" (3) during the horseback ride in Chapter 1: Falcons?
(a) His hat.
(b) His breeches.
(c) His glove.
(d) His ring.

2. The falcons featured in Chapter 1: Falcons are named after what kind of women?
(a) Dead.
(b) Widowed.
(c) Royal.
(d) Married.

3. Everyone at the supper table at Wolf Hall looks at which character when Henry mentions Cardinal Wolsey?
(a) Mark.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Francis.

4. On the final morning before the king's progress leaves Wolf Hall, Cromwell comes down to find that which character has arisen before him?
(a) Henry.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Anne.
(d) Jane.

5. Which courtier was executed the same week as Henry left Whitehall to go on progress?
(a) Francis Weston.
(b) Mark Smeaton.
(c) John Seymour.
(d) Thomas More.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many years old is Cromwell when the novel opens?

2. Who reaches out to "save" (13) Gregory when he begins to take exception to Weston's comments about his late mother and sister?

3. Which family member of Edward Seymour's was reported by many to have slept with his wife around 120 times?

4. How many children does Henry have, according to Cromwell near the end of Chapter 1: Falcons?

5. Jane Seymour's father has what first name?

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