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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day did Henry publicly announce that he and Anne were married?
(a) Easter.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Christmas Eve.
(d) New Year's Day.

2. What did a physician find in Catherine Howard's womb?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A growth.
(c) A pebble.
(d) A fetus.

3. Who was named as one of Anne's supposed lovers?
(a) Will Somers.
(b) Charles Brandon.
(c) Henry's page.
(d) Her brother, George.

4. What was St. Oswerth's?
(a) A monastery.
(b) A convent.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) A palace.

5. What did Henry think about Katherine's appeal to the Pope?
(a) It was impressive.
(b) It was an act of treason.
(c) It was inconsequential.
(d) It was laughable.

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

7. What was served at the Valentine's Day banquet that Henry held the day after Catherine's execution?
(a) Foods in shades of red and white.
(b) Pig hearts.
(c) Strictly food which Catherine detested.
(d) A replica of Henry and Catherine's wedding cake.

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

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

10. How did the public react to Anne as their queen?
(a) With denial.
(b) With hatred.
(c) With enthusiasm.
(d) With quiet acceptance.

11. What did Henry learn Katherine had appealed to the Pope to do?
(a) To intervene on her behalf in England's affairs.
(b) To forgive Henry for his sins.
(c) To allow Katherine to serve him in Rome.
(d) To make peace with England.

12. Who did Brandon announce he would marry?
(a) Henry's daughter, Mary.
(b) The girl who was betrothed to his son.
(c) Anne Boleyn.
(d) Henry Fitzroy's fiancee.

13. Who did Catherine masquerade as at a masque, appalling Henry?
(a) A devil.
(b) Jezebel.
(c) An angel.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

14. As Henry attempted to have his marriage annulled, who did Anne Boleyn claim made a threat on her life?
(a) Katherine of Aragon.
(b) Will Somers.
(c) A mob of angry women.
(d) Cardinal Wolsey.

15. 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 crown.
(c) Mary's christening gown.
(d) Mary's silver spoon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Pope threaten Henry with if he did not return to Katherine?

3. Who was Thomas Culpepper?

4. What lie did Anne tell to Henry some time after her first child was born?

5. After the death of the Archbishop, who did Henry appoint to the role?

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