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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What position does Stephen Gardiner currently hold, even though he has been banished to the countryside?
(a) Friar.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Duke.
(d) Lord.

4. Cromwell used to be the servant of which character, who has since been executed by Henry?
(a) More.
(b) Norris.
(c) Wyatt.
(d) Wolsey.

5. How old is Anne during the events depicted in Chapter 2: Crows?
(a) 26.
(b) 30.
(c) 28.
(d) 34.

6. Which of the five senses does Mantel use to depict Austin Friars "in the autumn of 1535" (72)?
(a) Smell.
(b) Touch.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Sight.

7. Who falls asleep at the supper table on the first night spent at Wolf Hall?
(a) Anne.
(b) Jane.
(c) Harry.
(d) Henry.

8. Which character does Jane name as the man who knows all of the women's secrets at court?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mark.
(c) George.
(d) Cromwell.

9. Anne and Grace Cromwell have been deceased for how many years by the time depicted in Chapter 1: Falcons?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

10. What is NOT a positive trait Cromwell attributes to his son Gregory?
(a) A facility for riding horses.
(b) A facility for archery.
(c) A facility for Latin.
(d) Impeccable manners.

11. Jane asserts in Chapter 1: Falcons that Mary Shelton is teaching her what language?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

12. What position in Henry's court did Gardiner hold before he was banished from court and made to live in the countryside?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Master Secretary.
(c) Lead privy to the king.
(d) Page.

13. What role does Henry ask Jane to take on at court in Chapter 2: Crows?
(a) Mistress.
(b) Good Works officer.
(c) Lady-in-waiting.
(d) Good mistress.

14. In what location did Henry and Anne first engage in a sexual encounter, according to Cromwell?
(a) Calais.
(b) Greece.
(c) Rome.
(d) Padua.

15. Rumor has it that Cromwell instigated the arrest of his new love interest's husband and that he framed him for committing what crime?
(a) A new crime invented by Henry.
(b) Theft.
(c) Treason.
(d) A new crime invented by Cromwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. The new bishops installed once the royal progress reaches Winchester had been chosen by whom?

2. To whom did Gardiner lose his position in Henry's court when he was banished to the countryside?

3. Cromwell finds Rafe and Gregory pretending to maim and murder which character in Chapter 1: Falcons?

4. Which courtier was executed the same week as Henry left Whitehall to go on progress?

5. The narrator states that Henry calls for what item a lot more frequently than he had five years before?

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