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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many friends are with Henry when Gardiner goes in to see him, causing Cromwell to say that Henry will be in a good mood?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

3. What sort of weather does Henry's hunting party encounter when they emerge from the forest soon after leaving Wolf Hall?
(a) Mist.
(b) Rain.
(c) A clear sky.
(d) Snow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cromwell tells Edward Seymour that his compliments about which character have turned Anne against Cromwell?

2. What adjective does Cromwell use to describe his relationship with Anne, as it stands in Chapter 2: Crows?

3. The manuscript Gardiner gives to Cromwell in Chapter 2: Crows states that whose power comes straight from God?

4. Cromwell recently had work done on what feature of Austin Friars in case Henry stopped by?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mantel use sensory details concerning sound to portray specific qualities of life at Austin Friars, Cromwell's estate?

2. Who are the Plantagenets and what do they believe about the Tudors, according to Cromwell?

3. In what way does the motif of journeys or paths arise within Chapter 2: Crows?

4. How does Jane react to Henry's question about her shyness in Chapter 1: Falcons?

5. What is the significance of Henry's request that Jane become his "good mistress" (97)?

6. How does Mantel use irony to portray the paradox within Henry's persona?

7. In what way does Mantel use Cromwell's character to discuss class differences in Chapter 2: Crows?

8. What is the significance of "Late autumn" in "the year 1532," (20) according to the narrator?

9. Why is Harry Norris not present among the members of the king's progress in Chapter 1: Falcons?

10. Discuss Mantel's use of personification to depict Stephen Gardiner, Cromwell's predecessor.

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