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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Henry try to hide his interest in Anne Boleyn from?
(a) Mary Boleyn.
(b) Anne's father.
(c) Thomas More.
(d) Cardinal Wolsey.

2. Who did Henry hear Will Somers sharing crude observations with?
(a) A group of ladies-in-waiting.
(b) The Court's musicians.
(c) Wool merchants.
(d) Anne Boleyn and her brother, George.

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

4. Who did Henry ask to marry him after his father's death?
(a) Mary Boleyn.
(b) Catherine Parr.
(c) Katherine of Aragon.
(d) Bessie Blount.

5. On what day were Katherine and Henry crowned at Westminster Abbey?
(a) Hogmanay.
(b) Midsummer's Day.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) St. Stephen's Day.

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

7. How soon after the coronation did Katherine become pregnant?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

8. Why did Henry begin to seek an annulment from Katherine?
(a) Katherine was ill.
(b) Katherine repulsed him.
(c) Anne refused to lay with a married man.
(d) Henry had recurring dreams where Anne was Queen.

9. To accommodate the meeting between Henry and Francis in France, what was largely used to construct two cities?
(a) Papier mache.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Timber.
(d) Straw.

10. After being introduced to Thomas More, where did he and Henry spend an evening together?
(a) At a hunting lodge.
(b) In Henry's library.
(c) In Henry's rooftop observatory.
(d) At a country pub.

11. What role did Henry note his father never assigned to any of his councilmen?
(a) Head of State.
(b) First Minister.
(c) Protector.
(d) Clerk.

12. The book begins with a series of letters written between Will Somers and whom?
(a) Catherine Buckley.
(b) Catherine Peabody.
(c) Catherine Montclaire.
(d) Catherine Knollys.

13. Which of the following did Henry say he would NOT make Anne Boleyn become?
(a) His lover.
(b) His mistress.
(c) His confidante.
(d) His friend.

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

15. After learning about Wolsey's sons, why did Henry have hatred for God?
(a) Henry felt God granted Wolsey more power than he had even as King.
(b) Henry blamed God for luring Wolsey into a disgusting arrangement.
(c) He found that men in God's service were always corrupt.
(d) God took Henry's own son but let Wolsey's bastard sons live in health.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Henry say he remained celibate as he awaited a decision on his annulment request?

2. What happened to the third child Katherine delivered?

3. What did Henry name his daughter, born of Katherine's sixth pregnancy?

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. Which of Henry's brothers was heir to become king before him?

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