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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Katherine when she refused to sign the oath declaring the true heir to the throne?
(a) She was banished.
(b) She was imprisoned.
(c) She was whipped.
(d) She was stripped of her title.

2. Who did Henry go to visit on the night of a lunar eclipse?
(a) Thomas More.
(b) Mary Tudor.
(c) Charles Brandon.
(d) Katherine of Aragon.

3. Who did Henry expect to meet with on the Progress trip?
(a) The King of France.
(b) His nephew, King James of Scotland.
(c) His children.
(d) The Pope.

4. What did Will say Henry did not realize about himself as he sought out women to marry?
(a) He made a horrible husband.
(b) He was no longer a person a princess would want to marry.
(c) He would never find happiness with a woman.
(d) He did not need a queen to be a king.

5. Who was Charles Brandon?
(a) Henry's enemy.
(b) Henry's closest adviser.
(c) The widower of Henry's sister, Mary.
(d) The son of Henry VIII.

6. What lie did Anne tell to Henry some time after her first child was born?
(a) That she wished for more children.
(b) That she had been faithful to him.
(c) That she was not in love with him.
(d) That she was pregnant.

7. After Katherine's death, what did the embalmer tell Henry about her body?
(a) Katherine had been poisoned.
(b) Katherine had been strangled.
(c) Katherine had been in perfect health before she died.
(d) Katherine's heart had turned black.

8. What did Henry start to believe happened to those who crossed Anne?
(a) They went insane.
(b) They lost their wealth.
(c) They disappeared.
(d) They met an untimely death.

9. Who did Henry say Catherine slept with while he was out hunting?
(a) Her cousin, Thomas.
(b) Her first love, John.
(c) Thomas Wyatt.
(d) Charles Brandon.

10. Which of the following describes Henry and Anne's marriage ceremony?
(a) Short.
(b) Secret.
(c) Austere.
(d) Lavish.

11. Henry had an attack where he lost consciousness for days. What caused this attack?
(a) A parasitic infection.
(b) The festering sore on his leg.
(c) A concussion.
(d) A fever.

12. After Anne miscarried a child, what did she blame it on?
(a) Her state of mind after Henry's accident.
(b) Stress from the ill-treatment towards her in Court.
(c) A hex from Katherine and Mary.
(d) The weather.

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

14. What item did Anne insist on having after her daughter's birth that Katherine would not give her?
(a) Mary's baby quilt.
(b) Mary's silver spoon.
(c) Mary's christening gown.
(d) Mary's crown.

15. What did the Spanish minister, Chapuys, urge Henry to do for Mary?
(a) Find Mary a husband.
(b) Invite Mary to the King's Court.
(c) Send Mary to a convent.
(d) Allow Mary to marry for love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to get away from Anne, who did Henry go to stay with in the country?

2. Who did Brandon announce he would marry?

3. What would happen to those who did not sign the oath declaring the true heir to the throne?

4. What was St. Oswerth's?

5. How was Henry depicted in a book that was written about Catherine Howard's life?

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