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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Pining Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Henry VIII's final wife, who encouraged him to reinstate Mary in succession?
(a) Anne Boleyn.
(b) Anne of Cleves.
(c) Katherine Parr.
(d) Katerine Howard.

2. What was the name of Henry VIII's second wife?
(a) Katherine of Aragon.
(b) Katherine Parr.
(c) Anne of Cleves.
(d) Anne Boleyn.

3. Why did the Earl of Hertford believe he should be the Lord Protector of England after Henry VIII's death?
(a) Because he had the most experience.
(b) Because he was a meglomaniac.
(c) Because he had the people's confidence.
(d) Because he was the king's uncle.

4. When Edward VI set out on a trip in June, 1552, what impeded his progress?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Plague.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Influenza.

5. Why was Mary kept in the country after Henry VIII's death?
(a) To indoctrinate her with Protestant beliefs until her ascension.
(b) To protect her from Protestants who wanted to impeach her for treason.
(c) To prevent her from usurping her Protestant brother's throne.
(d) To separate her from Catholics who sought to rebel against the Protestant government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Sir William Sharington give to Thomas Seymour to pay his mercenaries?

2. What did Thomas Seymour tell the Yeomen of the Guard when they arrived at the king's chamber after he and his armed men entered with a forged key?

3. Who interrogated Elizabeth after Thomas Seymour was taken to the Tower?

4. When Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, was beheaded, what did the crowds do?

5. Who did Thomas Seymour shoot when his armed men entered the king's chamber with a forged key?

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