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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 Wolsey promise Bessie she could live with her son, Henry Fitzroy?
(a) Only until Henry divorced Katherine.
(b) Only until Henry Fitzroy was ten-years-old.
(c) Only until a legitimate male heir to the throne was born.
(d) Only until he was weaned.

2. When he became interested in Anne Boleyn, what did Henry order Wolsey to do?
(a) Have her come to live at Court.
(b) Arrange trysts with her.
(c) Send her presents.
(d) Break her betrothal.

3. Where was the Boleyn family home?
(a) Grosmont Castle.
(b) Hever Castle.
(c) Hampton Court.
(d) Newbury Castle.

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

5. The relationship between England and which country is described as tenuous?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What self-penned book did More present Henry with at Christmas?

2. What did Will Somers send to Catherine, even though she did not want it?

3. What was Henry's father's final piece of advice to Henry before dying?

4. To accommodate the meeting between Henry and Francis in France, what did workmen have removed from the site?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Henry discover about Wolsey at the Lark's Morning inn?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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