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

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

3. Cromwell states that which element of life is often "condemned to stay whimpering at the back door" (159)?
(a) Religion.
(b) Reason.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Truth.

4. Who gets knocked unconscious during the joust, leading everyone to think he is dead for a time?
(a) Norris.
(b) Weston.
(c) Edward Seymour.
(d) Henry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Cromwell, "The Boleyns if they go down will take us with them" (238)?

2. Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book takes place from January to April of which year?

3. Which river is said to be nearly overflowing its banks in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?

4. When Part III: Angels begins, Cromwell has recently returned to London from what location?

5. Chapuys tells Cromwell that he plans to ride out toward Kimbolton at what time of day the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Cromwell don a hooded cape in Chapter 3: Angels?

2. On what kind of terms do Chapuys and Cromwell end their meeting in Chapter 3: Angels in Part One and why?

3. How does Mantel use personification in order to make a distinction between how truth and lies are respectively received?

4. Discuss an instance when Cromwell's sense of humor is portrayed within the narrative.

5. How does the theme of appearance versus reality appear within Chapter 3: Angels in Part One?

6. Cromwell states that one particular situation is not addressed within the Black Book. What is it and how is it related to the Great Chain of Being?

7. In what way does Mantel portray the Seymours' fear of the Boleyns?

8. For what reason is Cromwell grateful for the wisdom of his scoundrel father Walter in Chapter 1: The Black Book?

9. How does Henry react to Anne's concern after he sustains a jousting injury and what is the significance of his reaction?

10. Who is the man Cromwell calls Fitz and how did the two men meet?

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