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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Moorish doctor, what signs might indicate that Katherine is no longer pregnant?
(a) If she feels nothing.
(b) If she continues her monthly bleeding.
(c) If her breasts are not swollen.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

2. When does Katherine expect the child she is pregnant with to be born in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?
(a) Around the Spring Equinox.
(b) Around Easter.
(c) Around St. George's Day.
(d) Around Christmas.

3. What does the banner Henry reveals say?
(a) Sir Iron Heart.
(b) Sir True Heart.
(c) Sir Loyal Heart.
(d) The Lion Heart.

4. Whom does Katherine's father send word that he will be invading?
(a) The French.
(b) The Moors.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Portuguese.

5. What job does Katherine take over in 1509?
(a) Organizing celebratory events.
(b) Overseeing the clergy.
(c) Managing the domestic staff.
(d) Managing the kingdom's business.

6. How does Catalina sustain her household in 1504?
(a) With an allowance from the Tudors.
(b) By selling off land.
(c) By begging her family to send money.
(d) By selling off her plates one at a time.

7. What secret does Katherine conceal as she leads the English army against the Scots?
(a) Her pregnancy.
(b) Her injury.
(c) Her illness.
(d) Her lack of knowledge of naval warfare.

8. What does Harry note while making love to Catalina for the first time?
(a) She is definitely a virgin.
(b) She says Arthur's name.
(c) She seems very uncomfortable.
(d) There is not enough resistance.

9. According to Doña Elvira, what would cause Catalina to be sent home following the birth of the King's baby?
(a) If the baby is a boy.
(b) If the baby is deformed.
(c) If the baby is stillborn.
(d) If the baby is a girl.

10. How will things change for Harry once his grandmother dies?
(a) He will lose diplomatic ties to many countries.
(b) He will no longer be the second son trying to gain attention.
(c) He will have no one to confide his worries in.
(d) He will have to make difficult decisions on his own.

11. Why is the doctor unable to examine the Queen in the summer of 1509?
(a) Katherine is afraid of doctors.
(b) Katherine is in a very delicate state.
(c) Henry does not trust doctors.
(d) No one is allowed to touch her body but the King.

12. What does Katherine learn the leader of the Scottish attackers has been promised should the Scots be victorious?
(a) The support of the French King.
(b) A castle.
(c) A large plot of land.
(d) The English throne.

13. Whom is Prince Charles supposed to marry in 1509?
(a) Harry's sister, Mary.
(b) Harry's former sweetheart.
(c) A German duchess.
(d) Catalina's sister.

14. What does King Henry inform his son of in June 1503?
(a) That Henry wants to marry Katherine.
(b) That he intends to build a new palace.
(c) That Katherine has been caught lying about her virginity.
(d) That Harry is betrothed to Katherine.

15. What does Katherine sit listening for, for an hour in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?
(a) A signal from her ladies-in-waiting that Henry has left the palace.
(b) Arthur's voice.
(c) Henry's arrival at her bedroom.
(d) God's anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry not believe his affair is a sin?

2. Why are Catalina and Harry married quietly?

3. What does De Puebla send word to Spain for in winter, 1503?

4. What does Catalina do to try to gain the favor of the king and queen during the winter of 1503?

5. Whom does Katherine believe Henry has had an affair with in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?

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