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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The 'Great Matter': Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was embroidered on King Henry's jousting costume in February 1526?
(a) "Declare, I dare not."
(b) The initials "AB."
(c) "Sir Loyal Heart."
(d) "I dare not share secrets."

2. To whom was Wolsey sent to appeal for help for the King in 1527?
(a) Pope Clement.
(b) The Archbishop of Canterbury.
(c) Emperor Charles V.
(d) King Francis I.

3. What was the title of Henry VIII's treatise?
(a) "The Lamentations of a Sinner."
(b) "First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women."
(c) "A Defence of the Seven Sacraments."
(d) "An Exhortation to Young Men."

4. Where did Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon spend their early married life?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) London.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Ludlow.

5. On what story was the first pageant staged in the Tudor court based?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
(c) Robin Hood.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time in her life could a woman gain the upper hand?

2. Who was Fray Diego?

3. In what language did Prince Arthur converse with his bride-to-be?

4. Who did King Henry VII wish to marry in 1507?

5. In what year was the most recent biography, before Weir's, of Henry VIII's wives written?

(see the answer key)

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