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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. Cromwell remarks that Ireland has seen more peace this year than in the last how many years?

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

3. Cromwell receives blankets of what color in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?

4. In what location does Cromwell live on his estate called Austin Friars?

5. On what day of the month does Cromwell travel to Greenwich and hear a lot of news along the way?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons does Chapuy give Cromwell for his belief that the English people may prefer Mary as Henry's heir, as opposed to Elizabeth?

3. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Rafe is loyal to Cromwell.

4. In what way is the motif of violence juxtaposed with the season depicted in Chapter 3: Angels in Part One?

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

6. What are Gregory and a number of other boys doing when Cromwell arrives back in Stepney in Chapter 3: Angels?

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

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

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

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

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 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Mantel in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Bring Up the Bodies. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Mantel’s creation of vivid characters (many of whom are based on real people) to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Mantel’s novel Bring Up the Bodies. What message is Mantel sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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