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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I through XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What health problem did Henry's father develop?
(a) A chronic back problem.
(b) Chronic coughing.
(c) A pestering sore.
(d) Gout.

2. As a child, what did Henry's mother have planned for his adult life?
(a) He would join the military.
(b) He would serve his brother.
(c) He would enter the priesthood.
(d) He would go abroad and marry a princess.

3. How did Henry say his mother treated him as a child?
(a) She worked to build up his confidence.
(b) She payed him little attention.
(c) She mistrusted him.
(d) She doted on him.

4. What did Will Somers send to Catherine, even though she did not want it?
(a) Her mother's necklace.
(b) Her mother's wedding ring.
(c) Her father's journal.
(d) Her father's Bible.

5. After his brother's death, what statement did Henry admit "colors his entire life"?
(a) That death is "hungry" for the heir to the throne.
(b) That power is an aphrodesiac.
(c) That a king can have no friends.
(d) That family has no meaning for a monarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry's father's final piece of advice to Henry before dying?

2. The book begins with a series of letters written between Will Somers and whom?

3. How old was Henry when his father died?

4. In what year did Henry VIII die?

5. Henry stated that when growing up, the young men around him didn't realize he was heir to the throne. What does Will Somers interject is the tendency of most kings?

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