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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catalina pledge to Arthur following her coronation?

2. What does Katherine claim Henry's mistress tricked him into believing?

3. What does Catalina want to be known as following her coronation?

4. How will things change for Harry once his grandmother dies?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What rumor does Catalina's ambassador tell her in 1509? How does she react to this news?

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

4. Describe the coronation.

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

6. When Katherine tells Henry that she was not still pregnant after all in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510", what does Henry worry? What does Katherine later pray for?

7. What must Catalina reassure Harry of during their wedding night?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry goes to great lengths to acquire an annulment from Katherine of Aragon. Discuss how he goes about doing this and why.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the influence that Katherine's mother has over Katherine. What advice does she give Katherine that Katherine recollects while in England? Why does Katherine seek her mother's words of advice while in England? What do Katherine and Arthur disagree over concerning Katherine's mother?

Essay Topic 3

What struggles and obstacles does Katherine face throughout the novel? How do they affect her mentally and emotionally? Is she able to overcome them? If so, how?

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