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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After instructing him to find out the costs of going to war, where did Henry find Wolsey staying?
(a) The Fox and Hound Inn.
(b) The Phoenix Claw Inn.
(c) The Lark's Morning Inn.
(d) The Rabbit's Ear Inn.

2. What ailment caused Katherine constant pain by the time she was forty-years-old?
(a) A lame leg.
(b) A festering sore.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) A bad back.

3. How did Henry say his mother treated him as a child?
(a) She mistrusted him.
(b) She doted on him.
(c) She worked to build up his confidence.
(d) She payed him little attention.

4. 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 humble themselves.
(b) To kid themselves.
(c) To delude themselves.
(d) To punish themselves.

5. Henry took his army to war with which country?
(a) France.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Norway.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Henry begin to seek an annulment from Katherine?

2. What did Katherine announce as the first anniversary of her and Henry's coronation approaches?

3. At age fourteen, why did Henry sign an annulment to his betrothal?

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

5. What did Henry worry about concerning the man Bessie married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Thomas More refuse to accept a gift of an astrolabe from Henry?

2. Who did Wolsey arrange for Bessie Blount to marry, and what worried Henry about this arrangement?

3. For what reasons were Henry and his brother Arthur envious of each other?

4. How did Henry come to give Will Somers the position of jester in his Court?

5. What information did Wolsey give Henry about the possibility of divorcing Katherine?

6. What deal did Henry's sister, Mary, make with him as she was forced to marry King Louis of France?

7. At age eleven, how did Henry feel about being betrothed to Katherine of Aragon?

8. Why was Katherine forced by Henry to renounce her father?

9. How did Katherine's first pregnancy end, and what happened to the child?

10. What was significant about the letter Henry received from the King of France right after becoming King?

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