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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters CXV through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Henry's father's final piece of advice to Henry before dying?
(a) That kings can have no friends.
(b) To remember that you are a man as well as a king.
(c) That he should have eyes in the back of his head.
(d) To never forget that a king's word is most powerful.

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

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

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

5. Where did Henry and Catherine travel on their annual trip known as the "Progress"?
(a) To northern England.
(b) To France.
(c) To Cornwall.
(d) To Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. To accommodate the meeting between Henry and Francis in France, what did workmen have removed from the site?

2. Agitated by Catherine's death, who did Henry send for to share Mass and a meal with him?

3. What special gift did Henry give to Catherine at Christmas?

4. Will Somers says that, before his death, Henry managed to put Elizabeth and Mary back into the line of succession without doing what?

5. Which of Anne's physical characteristics did Henry come to think of as the mark of a witch?

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