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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. 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.

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

3. Who did Henry ask to marry him after his father's death?
(a) Katherine of Aragon.
(b) Mary Boleyn.
(c) Catherine Parr.
(d) Bessie Blount.

4. In what year did Henry VIII die?
(a) 1547.
(b) 1558.
(c) 1554.
(d) 1550.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Will Somers?

2. During what festivities did Henry first see Anne Boleyn?

3. During Christmas festivities, what did Henry receive from the King of France?

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

5. After his brother's death, what statement did Henry admit "colors his entire life"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After Henry became King, what gift did King Louis of France send to him during Christmas, and how did Henry react to it?

4. At the beginning of the novel, who does Will Somers carry out a correspondence with, and what news does he share in his letters?

5. Following his brother's death, what statement from Henry's mother was said to have had a lasting effect on him?

6. How did Henry say things changed between he and Katherine after the death of their first child?

7. What health problem did Henry's father develop, and how did Henry feel about the possibility that his father would die?

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

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

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