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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. How long did Henry say he remained celibate as he awaited a decision on his annulment request?
(a) Six days.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six years.

2. Why did it anger Henry when Anne Boleyn's father refused to allow her to return to Court after Wolsey had ordered her away?
(a) It showed Henry that many people respected Wolsey's word more than his own.
(b) Henry had told Wolsey not to order her away.
(c) Anne Boleyn's father had a habit of disobeying Henry.
(d) Henry had special plans for Anne at Court.

3. As a child, what did Henry's mother have planned for his adult life?
(a) He would enter the priesthood.
(b) He would go abroad and marry a princess.
(c) He would join the military.
(d) He would serve his brother.

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

5. Whose son did Wolsey arrange for Bessie to marry?
(a) Lord Marshal.
(b) Lord Kyme.
(c) Lord Tyndale.
(d) Lord Winchester.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry took his army to war with which country?

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

3. Who did Henry meet in France and have return with him to England to become his mistress?

4. Who was Bessie Blount?

5. How did Henry's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the legitimacy of Henry's daughter, Mary, questioned when Henry began trying to arrange a marriage for her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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