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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. On the day when the whole court is wearing costumes, what type of costume does Brereton wear?
2. When Rafe thinks about Henry's dual nature, he considers which late character's comment that dealing with Henry is "like sporting with a tamed lion" (208)?
3. On Christmas morning, Cromwell encounters his nephew Richard, who is dressed in a costume resembling which creature?
4. What was Cromwell's father's first name?
5. How does Cromwell react to Chapuys's use of the term "bastard" (149)?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Mantel get across a playful side of Cromwell in Part One, Chapter 3: Angels?
3. Who is the man Cromwell calls Fitz and how did the two men meet?
4. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Rafe is loyal to Cromwell.
5. In what way does Mantel portray the Seymours' fear of the Boleyns?
6. Discuss a moment in the narrative when hyperbole is used to underscore the powerful reputation of the Tudors.
7. What are the qualities of the Black Book to which the title of Part Two, Chapter 1 refers?
8. In what way is the motif of violence juxtaposed with the season depicted in Chapter 3: Angels in Part One?
9. What does Chapuy's rose symbolize within Chapter 3: Angels?
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
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
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Mantel’s novel Bring Up the Bodies. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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