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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVIII through XLI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry offer to his illegitimate son and the boy's mother?
(a) Nothing.
(b) To keep his relationship with them secret.
(c) To provide for them financially.
(d) A place at Court.

2. Why did Henry want to marry by private ceremony before his coronation?
(a) So that the public could not object to his bride.
(b) So that he and his wife could be crowned together.
(c) So that he could marry as a common man.
(d) So that the Privy Council had no involvement in choosing his bride.

3. What did Henry vow to do for his country on the day of his coronation?
(a) Make it wealthy.
(b) Everything he could.
(c) Conquer the world in England's name.
(d) Bring peace to the people.

4. Who was Will Somers?
(a) King Henry's organist.
(b) King Henry's doorward.
(c) King Henry's Court fool.
(d) King Henry's almoner.

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 power is an aphrodesiac.
(c) That family has no meaning for a monarch.
(d) That death is "hungry" for the heir to the throne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry say of the half-formed, stillborn child Katherine delivered during the Christmas season?

2. Why did Henry begin to seek an annulment from Katherine?

3. During Christmas festivities, what did Henry receive from the King of France?

4. Who did Henry meet in France and have return with him to England to become his mistress?

5. What did Henry realize had happened when the King of France sent him a reply to a letter?

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