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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters LVII through LXXXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jane Seymour die?
(a) She was poisoned.
(b) From scarlet fever.
(c) Following childbirth.
(d) Sweating sickness.

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

3. The relationship between England and which country is described as tenuous?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

4. Whose son did Wolsey arrange for Bessie to marry?
(a) Lord Marshal.
(b) Lord Tyndale.
(c) Lord Winchester.
(d) Lord Kyme.

5. After becoming king-apparent, why was Henry told he must limit his public appearances?
(a) To maintain an air of mystery.
(b) To devote time to his new responsibilities.
(c) To avoid dangerous situations.
(d) To give proper respect to mourning for his father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Katherine was left to rule England while Henry was at war, even though which country was making threats?

4. Why did it anger Henry when Anne Boleyn's father refused to allow her to return to Court after Wolsey had ordered her away?

5. When he realized his Council was still acting for the dead king and not him, what type of man did Henry seek to add to his Council?

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