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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. In which season of 1535 does Chapter 2: Crows take place?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

2. Cromwell tells Edward Seymour that his compliments about which character have turned Anne against Cromwell?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Jane.
(d) Mary.

3. Jane Seymour's father has what first name?
(a) John.
(b) Henry.
(c) Robin.
(d) Edmund.

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

5. The new bishops installed once the royal progress reaches Winchester had been chosen by whom?
(a) Chapuys.
(b) Anne.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what transgression is Gardiner being punished with exile in Chapter 2: Crows?

2. Henry asks Jane in Chapter 1: Falcons, "Now that we see you at home with your people, are you less" (11) what?

3. What role does Henry ask Jane to take on at court in Chapter 2: Crows?

4. What is the first name of the oldest male child in the Seymour family?

5. Jane asserts in Chapter 1: Falcons that Mary Shelton is teaching her what language?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the epigraph of Bring Up the Bodies strike an ironic tone?

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

3. What examples does Cromwell provide to support his assertion that no one's fate is ever set in stone?

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

5. Why is Princess Mary now only referred to as Lady Mary?

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

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

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

9. What item does Henry lose in Chapter 1 and how do the rest of the courtiers respond?

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

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