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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is King Henry VIII's current wife when Chapter 1: Falcons begins?
(a) Jane.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Mary.
(d) Anne.

5. When the novel Bring Up the Bodies begins, what season is just coming to an end?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

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

7. How many children does Henry have, according to Cromwell near the end of Chapter 1: Falcons?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

10. Charles, the emperor of Spain, is related to the late Katherine of Aragon in what way?
(a) He is her cousin.
(b) He is her brother.
(c) He is her uncle.
(d) He is her nephew.

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

12. When Cromwell ponders the mutability of humankind, he decides that what object "makes monsters" (33)?
(a) Famine.
(b) War.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Disease.

13. What is NOT a rumored method to explain how Cromwell "has achieved his present eminence" (6)?
(a) He associates with sorcerers.
(b) He paid off the Pope.
(c) He rose to prominence with the Boleyns.
(d) He knew the late Cardinal Wolsey's secrets.

14. 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 Cromwell.
(b) A new crime invented by Henry.
(c) Theft.
(d) Treason.

15. The first line of Chapter 1: Falcons states that Thomas Cromwell's "children are" taking what action in relation to "the sky" (2)?
(a) Soaring over it.
(b) Hurtling through it.
(c) Falling from it.
(d) Flying through it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls asleep at the supper table on the first night spent at Wolf Hall?

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

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

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

5. Which character does Jane name as the man who knows all of the women's secrets at court?

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