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

2. What nickname does Fitzwilliam call Cromwell?

3. For what favor does Anne beg Henry after the joust?

4. In what location is the entirety of Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book set?

5. How many years before the events of Part Two, Chapter 1: The Black Book had Henry sustained a leg injury while jousting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance when Mantel uses a metaphor to highlight the dangerous nature of Henry's power.

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

3. How does Mantel get across a playful side of Cromwell in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?

4. What are the qualities of the Black Book to which the title of Part Two, Chapter 1 refers?

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

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

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

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

9. Discuss a moment in the narrative when hyperbole is used to underscore the powerful reputation of the Tudors.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of injustice portrayed within Bring Up the Bodies? Examine Mantel's treatment of and messages regarding injustice throughout the work.

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

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.

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