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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. What do Scottish privateers attack in "Autumn 1513"?
(a) A northern fortress.
(b) An English merchant ship.
(c) A royal barge.
(d) A Spanish flotilla.

2. How long will King Henry wait before making marriage arrangements for his son as of winter, 1503?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

3. What does Katherine claim Henry's mistress tricked him into believing?
(a) That the mistress was a noblewoman.
(b) That the mistress was a virgin.
(c) That the mistress was with child.
(d) That the mistress is Catholic.

4. Why does Henry not believe his affair is a sin?
(a) Because he believes God would have stopped it by making him impotent.
(b) Because his mistress is unmarried.
(c) Because he is a King.
(d) Because he believes his marriage to Katherine is unlawful.

5. What happens to Katherine in January 1510?
(a) She delivers a healthy son.
(b) She falls down some stairs and loses her baby.
(c) She delivers a stillborn girl.
(d) She gets the sweating sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Moorish doctor that Katherine consults?

2. Why does the King hope that Catalina believes her destiny is to be Queen?

3. Why is the Moorish doctor confident that Katherine will be pregnant soon?

4. What does Catalina reassure Harry of on their wedding night?

5. What does Henry note about Katherine after seeing her leave confession in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lady Margaret Pole tell Katherine after the death of her son in "Spring 1511"?

2. Why does Catalina ask the King about the rule of lineage in the winter of 1503?

3. How does Catalina go about planning Harry's grandmother's funeral?

4. What do Katherine and Henry decide to name their first-born son and why?

5. Why is Katherine's participation in battle against the Scots even riskier than it would normally be?

6. What change does Katherine notice in Henry when she returns to court in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?

7. How does Catalina gain the trust of the King? How do his subjects treat her as a result of this trust?

8. What observations does Catalina make about Harry when she is summoned to dine with the family in 1503?

9. How does Catalina react when King Henry proposes to her?

10. How does Harry react to the news that he is betrothed to Catalina in June 1503?

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