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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIV through XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will Somers say is brought into question by the deaths of Henry's sons?
(a) The conditions of the castle.
(b) Henry's masculinity.
(c) Katherine's health.
(d) Whether Katherine is cursed.

2. After taking over the Privy Council, what did Henry discover that two of his father's financial officers had been doing?
(a) Extorting money from the people.
(b) Blackmailing his mother.
(c) Under-taxing the poor.
(d) Spying for the French.

3. For what reason did Henry justify the execution of his father's two financial officers?
(a) For impersonating the King.
(b) For betraying the trust of the English people.
(c) For treason.
(d) For putting his father's immortal soul in danger.

4. Who was Bessie Blount?
(a) Henry's childhood nurse.
(b) A Tudor cousin.
(c) A popular singer.
(d) A woman Henry took as a mistress.

5. What did Henry say of the half-formed, stillborn child Katherine delivered during the Christmas season?
(a) It is without a soul.
(b) It is the spawn of the devil.
(c) It is a punishment from God.
(d) It is the result of his wife's recklessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being introduced to Thomas More, where did he and Henry spend an evening together?

2. Who married a Spanish princess when Henry was ten-years-old?

3. What happened to the third child Katherine delivered?

4. How did Henry say his mother treated him as a child?

5. What did More insist he would have to say if Henry presented him with a gift?

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