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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. In which month does Cromwell travel to Greenwich and hear a lot of news along the way?
(a) September.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) June.

2. Cromwell estimates that Anne had become pregnant in the early part of which month?
(a) January.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) June.

3. To whom did Gardiner lose his position in Henry's court when he was banished to the countryside?
(a) Thomas Cromwell.
(b) Mark Smeaton.
(c) George Boleyn.
(d) Edward Seymour.

4. When Rafe thinks about Henry's dual nature, he considers which late character's comment that dealing with Henry is "like sporting with a tamed lion" (208)?
(a) More.
(b) John Seymour.
(c) Edmund.
(d) Wolsey.

5. What is the first name of the oldest male child in the Seymour family?
(a) Charles.
(b) Tom.
(c) Edward.
(d) Gregory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne tells Cromwell she had heard a rumor that Katherine would live for how many more months?

2. Chapuys tells Cromwell near the end of Part One, Chapter 3: Angels not to wear which item he had lent to Cromwell?

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

4. Henry and Anne had their first sexual encounter in the autumn of which year?

5. How does Cromwell react to the boys' creations when he arrives at Austin Friars?

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