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

2. What does Katherine regrettably begin to notice while awaiting the birth?
(a) Henry seems to have lost interest in her.
(b) She cannot feel the baby moving.
(c) The bulge of her belly is getting smaller.
(d) She is menstruating.

3. In which month does Katherine learn her son had died?
(a) February.
(b) October.
(c) April.
(d) July.

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

5. Why does Catalina send Doña Elvira away in 1504?
(a) Catalina finds Doña Elvira has poised another lady-in-waiting.
(b) Doña Elvira begins to suffer from an illness.
(c) Catalina discovers Doña Elvira is pregnant.
(d) Catalina discovers that Doña Elvira has been plotting against her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following was NOT a reason given by Catalina as to why she married Harry?

3. What is the name of Catalina's sister who is heir to the throne?

4. What do Scottish privateers attack in "Autumn 1513"?

5. Whom does Catalina note is solemn in June 1503?

Short Essay Questions

1. What turn of events takes place in 1509, which benefits Catalina?

2. What happens to Katherine in January 1510?

3. What does Katherine do to get support from Rome against the Scottish raids?

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

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

6. What do Katherine and Henry do during the summer of 1509?

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

8. Why does Henry claim that his affair with Anne Stafford is not a sin?

9. How does Katherine dissuade Henry from joining her father in an invasion of the Moors?

10. What tips does the Moorish doctor give Katherine to increase her chances of becoming pregnant?

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