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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. In Part 1, "Salvage," how long has Cromwell worked to remove England from the power of the Pope?

2. In Part 2, "Augmentation," where did Friar Robert Barnes preach against the pomp and wealth of the church?

3. How close was Henry to his 18th birthday when his father died?

4. When Cromwell was young and in the cardinal's service, how many miles would he ride in a day?

5. How much does Cromwell remember in Part 2, "The Five Wounds," that Wolsey owed clothe merchants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Cromwell negotiates for a wife for his son Gregory?

2. In Part 3, "The Image of the King," what celebrations occur when the Queen's child quickens in May?

3. in Part 2, "Vile Blood," what does the king say about a king and about Parliament?

4. Why is Thomas Wyatt worried about Bess Darrell?

5. How does the army have to be supplied in Part 2, "Vile Blood"?

6. What were the circumstance of Henry's Fitzroy's birth?

7. In Part 2, "The Five Wounds," what reports of trouble come during Michaelmas?

8. When trouble spreads throughout Lincolnshire, what preparations are made in London?

9. What use do Call-Me and Cromwell think they might have for Harry Phillips in Part 3, "The Bleach Fields"?

10. Who does Cromwell visit at the convent at Shaftesbury and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 3

Riche, Gardiner, and Norfolk bring charges against Cromwell. How are the men biased against Cromwell? How does their bias influence the charges they bring against Cromwell and how they twist the truth?

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