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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To accommodate the meeting between Henry and Francis in France, what did workmen have removed from the site?
(a) A bog.
(b) Ruins of a church.
(c) A hill.
(d) A cemetery.

3. What did Henry name his daughter, born of Katherine's sixth pregnancy?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Mary.

4. After his brother's death, what statement did Henry admit "colors his entire life"?
(a) That death is "hungry" for the heir to the throne.
(b) That a king can have no friends.
(c) That family has no meaning for a monarch.
(d) That power is an aphrodesiac.

5. Who married a Spanish princess when Henry was ten-years-old?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Henry's father.
(c) Henry.
(d) The French King.

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

7. What did More insist he would have to say if Henry presented him with a gift?
(a) Thank you.
(b) Four Hail Marys.
(c) Thou shalt not make for yourself an idol.
(d) Get thee behind me Satan.

8. Katherine said she would enter a convent and become a nun only if Henry did what?
(a) Allowed her to keep her title.
(b) Disinherited Mary.
(c) Took the vow of a monk.
(d) Disposed of Anne Boleyn.

9. 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 the French welcomed peace.
(c) That someone had forged Henry's name.
(d) That there was a spy in his Court.

10. What did Katherine announce as the first anniversary of her and Henry's coronation approaches?
(a) Her father had died.
(b) She wanted a divorce.
(c) She wanted to join a convent.
(d) She was pregnant.

11. How did young Henry refer to his intended bride?
(a) As 'the widow.'
(b) As his brother's 'Spaniard'.
(c) As his 'darling'.
(d) As his brother's 'leavings'.

12. Who became Chancellor after the death of Cardinal Wolsey?
(a) Thomas Cromwell.
(b) Charles Brandon.
(c) Thomas Cranmer.
(d) Thomas More.

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

14. 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 could marry as a common man.
(c) So that the Privy Council had no involvement in choosing his bride.
(d) So that he and his wife could be crowned together.

15. How old was Henry when he became betrothed for the first time?
(a) Eleven years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Nineteen years old.
(d) Twenty-three years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book begins with a series of letters written between Will Somers and whom?

2. Why did Henry decide to knight his son, Henry Fitzroy?

3. Who did Henry ask to marry him after his father's death?

4. What did Henry offer to his illegitimate son and the boy's mother?

5. How soon did Henry's son (Henry) with Katherine die after birth?

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