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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. When he realized his Council was still acting for the dead king and not him, what type of man did Henry seek to add to his Council?
(a) One who would act as a saboteur.
(b) One who would take over his responsibilities as King.
(c) One who would influence the other members.
(d) One who would be loyal only to him.

2. What ailment caused Katherine constant pain by the time she was forty-years-old?
(a) A festering sore.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) A bad back.
(d) A lame leg.

3. What does Will Somers say is brought into question by the deaths of Henry's sons?
(a) Whether Katherine is cursed.
(b) The conditions of the castle.
(c) Katherine's health.
(d) Henry's masculinity.

4. What did Henry worry about concerning the man Bessie married?
(a) That he will go mad.
(b) That he will abuse Bessie.
(c) That he will claim Henry's son as his own.
(d) That he will plot against Henry for the throne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who was Will Somers?

3. How did young Henry refer to his intended bride?

4. Why did it anger Henry when Anne Boleyn's father refused to allow her to return to Court after Wolsey had ordered her away?

5. What did Henry learn pearls are symbolic of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why was Henry angered by the refusal by Anne Boleyn's father to allow his daughter to return to Court?

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

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