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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wolsey die of?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) The plague.

2. What is the last name of More's daughter's suitor?
(a) Roper.
(b) Ranger.
(c) Roberts.
(d) Richards.

3. What is the Common Man looking for at the beginning of the play?
(a) A costume.
(b) A meal.
(c) His money.
(d) His house.

4. What does More's daughter's suitor say is the worst thing about More's church?
(a) It does not openly preach to all.
(b) The Pope is corrupt.
(c) It changes its doctrines.
(d) The King wants a divorce.

5. What does More's daughter's suitor call the Church?
(a) Unsavory.
(b) Hypocritical.
(c) Restrictive.
(d) Evil.

6. How do most people view the new Chancellor?
(a) The think he is a traitor.
(b) They think he is an angel.
(c) They think he is a heretic.
(d) They think he is a Saint.

7. What does More say when More's daughter says she is engaged?
(a) He refuses his approval.
(b) He begins to weep.
(c) He hugs her tightly.
(d) He laughs.

8. What does the surprise visitor say he could do to Norfolk?
(a) Throw him.
(b) Train him.
(c) Subdue him.
(d) Seduce him.

9. Who gave the special permission for King Henry's first marriage?
(a) The Grand Cardinal.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Wolsey.
(d) More.

10. What does Rich do when More enters Scene 6?
(a) Hides.
(b) Get flushed and embarrassed.
(c) Runs out.
(d) Embraces him.

11. Why did Henry want to divorce Catherine?
(a) She did not produce an heir.
(b) She was rigidly religious.
(c) All of these.
(d) He fell in love with someone else.

12. What is Cromwell's first name?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Robert.
(c) Edward.
(d) Kenneth.

13. Why did the Pope refuse Henry's request to divorce Catherine?
(a) He wanted more money from Henry.
(b) He wanted the marriage to remain in tact.
(c) He did not want Henry running the church.
(d) He wanted Catherine to request the divorce.

14. According to Bolt, to what what Henry VIII accustomed?
(a) Getting his way.
(b) Being in power.
(c) Withstanding trials.
(d) Finding truth.

15. What does Wolsey say More needs less of to be a great statesman?
(a) Moral integrity.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Fear.
(d) Normality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rich tell Cromwell he is almost certain of about his character?

2. What did More's wife see a falcon attacking at the beginning of the book?

3. Where is Cromwell going when he first appears on stage?

4. Which of the following are NOT looking for More in Scene 7?

5. To whom does More talk about the divorce of the King?

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