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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. Why was Henry enraged to find out Wolsey had had an affair and had two sons?
(a) Wolsey was a eunich.
(b) Wolsey was married to Henry's sister.
(c) Wolsey was a priest.
(d) Wolsey had promised Henry he had no family.

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

3. What did Henry pour lots of money into doing after taking over the Privy Council?
(a) Renovating castles.
(b) Acquiring art.
(c) Social services.
(d) Building his navy.

4. On what day were Katherine and Henry crowned at Westminster Abbey?
(a) St. Stephen's Day.
(b) Midsummer's Day.
(c) Hogmanay.
(d) Christmas Day.

5. To accommodate the meeting between Henry and Francis in France, what did workmen have removed from the site?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) Ruins of a church.
(c) A hill.
(d) A bog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Wolsey promise Bessie she could live with her son, Henry Fitzroy?

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

3. Where did Henry's brother, Arthur, die?

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

5. When Katherine accompanied Henry to a meeting with Francis, what did Francis later say of her looks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Henry invite commoners to do at the christening party for his son, Henry?

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

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

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

5. Why did Henry decide to have his son, Henry Fitzroy, brought to Court and knighted?

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

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

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

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

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

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