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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cromwell's relationship to the King?
(a) He is the King's friend.
(b) He is the King's advisor.
(c) He is the King's enemy.
(d) He is the King's cousin.

2. Whose wife disappears in June, 1540?
(a) Lord Lytton's.
(b) Lord Lisle's.
(c) Lord Longford's.
(d) Lord Lincoln's.

3. What are the young ladies playing in the tableau at the tournament?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Griffons.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Fairies.

4. What does Katherine realize about her new suitors on the 3rd of January, 1540?
(a) They are basically paupers.
(b) They are far superior to Francis Dereham.
(c) They pretend to be interested in her to get closer to the Queen.
(d) They aren't interested in her family connections.

5. Who is the stranger that kisses Anne on New Years Eve, 1539?
(a) Henry.
(b) Cranmer.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Norfolk.

6. According to the Duke, what will Jane's reward be for lying in June, 1540?
(a) She will be Katherine's lady-in-waiting.
(b) She can return to living with her family.
(c) She will get to keep her own house.
(d) He will find her a husband.

7. What does the ambassador's letter to Anne's brother say in June, 1540?
(a) That Anne is on her deathbed.
(b) That the King will soon abandon Anne.
(c) That Anne fears for her life.
(d) That Anne will never be Queen.

8. What does Jane tell Norfolk about Anne's marriage to the King in March, 1540?
(a) That they have not consummated the marriage.
(b) That Henry wants to end it immediately.
(c) That it is not legal.
(d) That it is not recognized in Cleves.

9. Where is Anne traveling to in December 1539?
(a) Carlisle.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Bath.
(d) London.

10. How does the Duke think Katherine should behave towards Henry in June, 1540?
(a) Obediently.
(b) Flirtatiously.
(c) Kindly.
(d) Angrily.

11. Who is in charge of Anne's maids in waiting?
(a) Lady Browne.
(b) Lady Bourn.
(c) Lady Bolbeck.
(d) Lady Bowles.

12. Why is the alliance with Cleves no longer as crucial as of February, 1540?
(a) France may side with England against Spain.
(b) The King discovered Cleves had lied about its army's strength.
(c) Cleves is suffering a drought.
(d) The heir to the French throne has died.

13. Who might replace Cromwell if the marriage between Henry and Anne does not happen?
(a) The Duke of Wessex.
(b) The Duke of Sussex.
(c) The Duke of Kent.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

14. Why might the Cleves men be held hostage in three months?
(a) If Cleves sides with the French on the battlefield.
(b) If they do not renounce Catholicism.
(c) If the betrothal release document is not produced.
(d) If Anne's dowry is not paid in full.

15. Why is Katherine somewhat nervous about trying to attain the King's love?
(a) Because she is not beautiful.
(b) Because of Anne Boleyn's fate.
(c) Because she is so young.
(d) Because she finds him disgusting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne wonder about Cromwell and Lord Lisle in January of 1540?

2. According to Jane, why did Cromwell chose Anne to be Henry's queen?

3. How is the cause of the King's impotency explained in 1540?

4. What does Anne spend her first night in England doing?

5. Who is haunting Jane at Hampton Court?

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