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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 news did Will Somers tell Catherine about her parentage at the beginning of the book?
(a) Catherine is King Francis I's daughter.
(b) Catherine is Cardinal Wolsey's daughter.
(c) Catherine is King Henry's daughter.
(d) Catherine is Elizabeth Tudor's daughter.

2. Who was Thomas Wolsey?
(a) The man Henry chose after becoming king to add to his council.
(b) A writer of heretic literature.
(c) Henry's uncle.
(d) The top official of Henry's army.

3. How did Henry's mother die?
(a) In a carriage accident.
(b) She was murdered.
(c) From tuberculosis.
(d) After childbirth.

4. At age fourteen, why did Henry sign an annulment to his betrothal?
(a) On the grounds that the union was treasonous.
(b) On the grounds that the union would be incestuous.
(c) On the grounds that the union no longer satisfied the parties involved.
(d) On the grounds that the bride-to-be was ill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, what did Henry's mother have planned for his adult life?

2. What did Henry learn pearls are symbolic of?

3. Where did Henry's brother, Arthur, die?

4. Henry took his army to war with which country?

5. Why was Henry enraged to find out Wolsey had had an affair and had two sons?

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