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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. What sort of presents does Cromwell receive in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?

2. Cromwell tries to get Chapuys to admit that he has been listening to what kind of gossip about Anne?

3. Anne tells Cromwell she had heard a rumor that Katherine would live for how many more months?

4. Cromwell tells his son Gregory that which kind of people pray when they want to be rid of their spouses?

5. How many suitors does Jane claim to have when she is questioned by Cromwell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mantel's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Bring Up the Bodies.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mantel's choice to tell the story of Bring Up the Bodies using a third person omniscient narrator to represent various characters’ points of view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Mantel’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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