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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. During what festivities did Henry first see Anne Boleyn?
(a) New Year festivities.
(b) Midsummer festivities.
(c) Knighting festivities.
(d) Christmas festivities.

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

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

4. Why did Henry decide to knight his son, Henry Fitzroy?
(a) Because Henry Fitzroy's mother insisted.
(b) To make it possible for Henry Fitzroy to live at Court.
(c) Because having a daughter as his heir would cause turmoil.
(d) To stop people from treating Henry Fitzroy with disrespect.

5. 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'.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After becoming king-apparent, why was Henry told he must limit his public appearances?

3. After becoming king-apparent, how did the public react to Henry?

4. What ailment caused Katherine constant pain by the time she was forty-years-old?

5. What did Wolsey arrange when a new organist came to Court?

Short Essay Questions

1. After becoming heir to the throne at age ten, how did Henry spend his days?

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

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

4. What preparations were made for the meeting between Henry and Francis at Calais?

5. What prompted Henry to send Anne Boleyn back to her family home, Hever?

6. Why did Henry begin to seek an annulment to his marriage with Katherine?

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

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

9. After becoming King, what did Henry learn about two of his father's financial officers, and how did he deal with the situation?

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

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