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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. How old is Jane Seymour when she marries Henry VIII?

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

3. When did Anne Boleyn say that after her death a great punishment would fall on the land?

4. How long have Thomas Howard the his lady been separated in Part 2, "The Five Wounds"?

5. When Cromwell goes to court to see the king, how many French merchants are trying to sell the king clothes in Part 3, "The Bleach Fields"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Cromwell get a marmoset?

5. How did Cromwell defy Katherine in 1531?

6. What happens between Surrey and Matthew, and what is the punishment in Part 3, "The Image of the King"?

7. In Part 1, "Salvage," what is said happened when Anne's head rolled at her execution?

8. What does the king want his daughter Mary to swear?

9. Why was Henry Tudor's nephew killed?

10. How did Tyndale die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A spoiler in literature is an element in a story that reveals plot elements. What are some titles of chapters? How do those titles indicate what will happen in a chapter? Are the chapter titles spoilers?

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

Gregory believes that his father wanted to marry his wife. Why did Gregory believe that his father wanted to marry his wife? Why did Gregory have that misconception? And how did it affect the relationship between Gregory and his father?

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