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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 became Chancellor after the death of Cardinal Wolsey?
(a) Thomas More.
(b) Thomas Cranmer.
(c) Thomas Cromwell.
(d) Charles Brandon.

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

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

4. Why did Henry want to marry by private ceremony before his coronation?
(a) So that the Privy Council had no involvement in choosing his bride.
(b) So that the public could not object to his bride.
(c) So that he and his wife could be crowned together.
(d) So that he could marry as a common man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Henry say of the half-formed, stillborn child Katherine delivered during the Christmas season?

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

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

4. What does Will Somers say is brought into question by the deaths of Henry's sons?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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