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

2. Why did Henry begin to seek an annulment from Katherine?
(a) Henry had recurring dreams where Anne was Queen.
(b) Anne refused to lay with a married man.
(c) Katherine repulsed him.
(d) Katherine was ill.

3. Who was Bessie Blount?
(a) A popular singer.
(b) Henry's childhood nurse.
(c) A Tudor cousin.
(d) A woman Henry took as a mistress.

4. After learning about Wolsey's sons, why did Henry have hatred for God?
(a) He found that men in God's service were always corrupt.
(b) Henry felt God granted Wolsey more power than he had even as King.
(c) God took Henry's own son but let Wolsey's bastard sons live in health.
(d) Henry blamed God for luring Wolsey into a disgusting arrangement.

5. How soon after the coronation did Katherine become pregnant?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three months.
(c) One year.
(d) One month.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Henry decide to knight his son, Henry Fitzroy?

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

3. After hearing Will Somers making crude observations, what position did Henry offer Will in his Court?

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

5. How old was Henry when he became betrothed for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What prompted Henry to send Anne Boleyn back to her family home, Hever?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. On what grounds was Henry's betrothal to Katherine annulled, and how did Henry feel about the situation?

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

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