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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, The 'Great Matter': Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who contracted the "sweating sickness" in the summer of 1528?
(a) King Henry VIII.
(b) Princess Mary.
(c) Queen Katherine.
(d) Anne Boleyn.

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

3. What illness did King Henry VIII suspect Katherine was suffering from?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Dropsy.
(c) Plague.
(d) Consumption.

4. Which of these was not a title bestowed upon Prince Henry before his fifth birthday?
(a) Prince of Wales.
(b) Knight of the Garter.
(c) Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
(d) Duke of York.

5. What fruit did Katherine of Aragon adopt as her personal badge?
(a) The apple.
(b) The pomegranate.
(c) The orange.
(d) The pear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did King Henry VII die?

2. What did Katherine of Aragon refuse to surrender to Anne Boleyn?

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

4. What gift did King Henry VIII present to Anne Boleyn in August, 1533?

5. What was the title of King Henry VIII's treatise on the "great matter"?

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