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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that Henry calls for what item a lot more frequently than he had five years before?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The wine jug.
(c) The tobacco.
(d) The pipe.

2. Who reaches out to "save" (13) Gregory when he begins to take exception to Weston's comments about his late mother and sister?
(a) Cromwell.
(b) Jane.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Henry.

3. Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book takes place from January to April of which year?
(a) 1581.
(b) 1523.
(c) 1551.
(d) 1536.

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

5. Which weapons does Mantel use in a simile describing the Christmas star Cromwell stares at in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?
(a) Scythes.
(b) Hatchets.
(c) Awls.
(d) Blades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cromwell believes that bishops like Hugh Latimer see which character as "an opportunity" (33)?

2. From what forest does Henry's hunting party emerge soon after the royal progress leaves Wolf Hall?

3. On the final morning before the king's progress leaves Wolf Hall, Cromwell comes down to find that which character has arisen before him?

4. Who tells Cromwell, "The Boleyns if they go down will take us with them" (238)?

5. What sort of weather does Henry's hunting party encounter when they emerge from the forest soon after leaving Wolf Hall?

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