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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cromwell realizes in Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book that everything he has and is depends upon which character?

3. Cromwell receives a flask of what type of drink in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?

4. What is Rafe's position in relation to Cromwell?

5. Cromwell is on his way to what location when he hears news of Anne's miscarriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Anne feel grief in Chapter 3: Angels within Part One?

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

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

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

5. What does Chapuy's rose symbolize within Chapter 3: Angels?

6. What is the setting at the opening of Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book?

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

8. What symbolism does red hair contain within Bring Up the Bodies and why?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Bring Up the Bodies and one of the novel's main messages. How does Mantel make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mantel’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Bring Up the Bodies.

Essay Topic 3

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Bring Up the Bodies and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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