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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Henry stated that when growing up, the young men around him didn't realize he was heir to the throne. What does Will Somers interject is the tendency of most kings?
(a) To punish themselves.
(b) To delude themselves.
(c) To kid themselves.
(d) To humble themselves.

3. What gift did Henry try to give More when he found out about his interest in the stars and constellations?
(a) An observatory.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A moon-shaped brooch.
(d) An astrolabe.

4. What did Henry realize had happened when the King of France sent him a reply to a letter?
(a) That he must dismiss everyone on his Privy Council.
(b) That there was a spy in his Court.
(c) That someone had forged Henry's name.
(d) That the French welcomed peace.

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

6. When his father died, how did Henry feel about becoming king?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Unprepared.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Excited.

7. Which of Henry's brothers was heir to become king before him?
(a) George.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Charles.
(d) Frederick.

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

9. Why did Henry decide to knight his son, Henry Fitzroy?
(a) To stop people from treating Henry Fitzroy with disrespect.
(b) Because Henry Fitzroy's mother insisted.
(c) To make it possible for Henry Fitzroy to live at Court.
(d) Because having a daughter as his heir would cause turmoil.

10. What did Will Somers send to Catherine, even though she did not want it?
(a) Her mother's necklace.
(b) Her mother's wedding ring.
(c) Her father's journal.
(d) Her father's Bible.

11. Why did it anger Henry when Anne Boleyn's father refused to allow her to return to Court after Wolsey had ordered her away?
(a) Henry had told Wolsey not to order her away.
(b) Henry had special plans for Anne at Court.
(c) Anne Boleyn's father had a habit of disobeying Henry.
(d) It showed Henry that many people respected Wolsey's word more than his own.

12. Who did Henry meet in France and have return with him to England to become his mistress?
(a) Mary Boleyn.
(b) Margaret Holland.
(c) Catherine Howard.
(d) Anne Brandon.

13. What health problem did Henry's father develop?
(a) A chronic back problem.
(b) Chronic coughing.
(c) Gout.
(d) A pestering sore.

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

15. Where was the Boleyn family home?
(a) Hever Castle.
(b) Grosmont Castle.
(c) Hampton Court.
(d) Newbury Castle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Henry hear Will Somers sharing crude observations with?

3. What does Will Somers say is brought into question by the deaths of Henry's sons?

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

5. What did Henry name the child that his mistress gave birth to?

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