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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 2, "The Five Wounds," where does trouble arise during Michaelmas?

2. In Part 2, "Augmentation," who is given a portion of the county of Devon from Richmond's possessions and holdings?

3. How long was Henry VIII married to Katherine?

4. What is the name of the Duke of Richmond's doctor in Part 1, "Wreckage (II)?

5. In Part 1, "Wreckage (II)," what is carved on the curved dagger King Henry is wearing in addition to a turban when Cromwell visits him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Anne Boleyn?

2. In Part 2, "Vile Blood," what happened 150 years ago?

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

4. Who is Thomas Cromwell and what does he do?

5. Why was Henry Tudor's nephew killed?

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

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

8. What does Cromwell want for his son for his marriage?

9. Why is fish scarce for Lent in Part 3, "The Image of the King"?

10. In Part 2, "Augmentation," how are Richmond's possesions and holdings distributed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Cromwell becomes second in power to the King. What is revealed about the tenuous nature of power through Cromwell’s rise and fall?

Essay Topic 3

When an author uses dramatic irony, readers have information that characters do not. How does the author use dramatic irony in the book? How does dramatic irony increase tension in the novel?

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