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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what favor does Anne beg Henry after the joust?
(a) To allow her to get another dog.
(b) To try again for a boy.
(c) To increase her clothing allowance.
(d) To agree never to joust again.

2. Who is screaming into Cromwell's face when he thinks of a piece of advice his father had given him?
(a) Smeaton.
(b) Anne.
(c) Weston.
(d) Henry.

3. Who tells Cromwell about the details and circumstances of Anne's miscarriage?
(a) Smeaton.
(b) Jane Rochford.
(c) Mary Shelton.
(d) Jane Seymour.

4. Cromwell realizes in Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book that everything he has and is depends upon which character?
(a) Wolsey.
(b) Henry.
(c) The Pope.
(d) His father Walter.

5. Cromwell tells Edward Seymour that he gained experience handling snakes in what country?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Belgium.

6. Chapuys uses the term "bastard" (149) to describe which character?
(a) Cromwell.
(b) Anne.
(c) Mary.
(d) Elizabeth.

7. Cromwell notes that Henry's leg injury had already been prone to taking what action, even before Henry's recent fall?
(a) Smelling bad.
(b) Oozing.
(c) Getting infected.
(d) Ulcerating.

8. Cromwell meets with the Imperial ambassador Chapuys, who argues that many people may prefer Mary to Elizabeth as Henry's heir due to what factor?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Age.
(c) Money.
(d) Birthright.

9. Cromwell puts on a hooded robe in order to disguise himself as which character so that he can see Chapuys and remain undetected by others?
(a) Smeaton.
(b) Cremuel.
(c) Weston.
(d) Norris.

10. Cromwell receives blankets and a flask from a supporter in which country?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ireland.

11. Who agrees to keep Chapuys's hat for safekeeping as he leaves to see the dying Katherine?
(a) Henry.
(b) Cromwell.
(c) Weston.
(d) Norris.

12. The members of which family shout their own last name in the moments they think Henry is dead?
(a) Norris.
(b) Seymour.
(c) Boleyn.
(d) Smeaton.

13. On Christmas morning, Cromwell encounters his nephew Richard, who is dressed in a costume resembling which creature?
(a) A unicorn.
(b) A frog.
(c) A gryphon.
(d) A lion.

14. Cromwell warns Chapuys not to underestimate which character?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Henry.
(c) Anne.
(d) Mary.

15. How many years before the events of Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book had Henry sustained a leg injury while jousting?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which month does Cromwell travel to Greenwich and hear a lot of news along the way?

2. Fitzwilliam asks Cromwell whether he had heard the members of which family shouting their own name as the king was lying on the ground?

3. In what location is the entirety of Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book set?

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)?

5. Mantel uses the repetition of which word in order to underscore More's feelings about the dangers associated with begin at Henry's court?

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