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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. 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?
(a) To humble themselves.
(b) To punish themselves.
(c) To kid themselves.
(d) To delude themselves.

2. After his brother's death, what statement did Henry admit "colors his entire life"?
(a) That death is "hungry" for the heir to the throne.
(b) That power is an aphrodesiac.
(c) That a king can have no friends.
(d) That family has no meaning for a monarch.

3. What did Henry name his daughter, born of Katherine's sixth pregnancy?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mary.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Catherine.

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

5. What self-penned book did More present Henry with at Christmas?
(a) Wars of the Roses.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Defence of the Seven Sacraments.
(d) On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what reason did Henry justify the execution of his father's two financial officers?

3. What did More insist he would have to say if Henry presented him with a gift?

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

5. How did Henry's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Henry and Katherine's wedding.

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

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

5. What preparations were made for the meeting between Henry and Francis at Calais?

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

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

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

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

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

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