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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of Henry VIII's wives took as her motto, "No other will than his"?
(a) Katherine of Aragon.
(b) Katherine Howard.
(c) Jane Seymour.
(d) Anne of Cleves.

3. Which of these languages did King Henry VIII not speak?
(a) Greek.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) French.

4. Who visited King Henry VII in the spring of 1506?
(a) Pope Julius II.
(b) Ferdinand of Aragon.
(c) Louis XII, King of France.
(d) Queen Juana and King Philip of Castile.

5. Who suggested a new solution to the King's marital quagmire in September, 1529?
(a) Stephen Gardiner.
(b) Thomas Cranmer.
(c) Edward Fox.
(d) Cardinal Wolsey.

6. To what leader did Henry VIII marry his sister, Mary Tudor?
(a) King Francis I.
(b) Emperor Maximilian.
(c) King Louis XII.
(d) Emperor Charles V.

7. Who was sent to France with a secret message from King Henry VIII in March, 1533?
(a) Thomas Cranmer.
(b) George Boleyn.
(c) Stephen Gardiner.
(d) Thomas Cromwell.

8. How did King Henry VIII prefer to be addressed?
(a) "Your Grace."
(b) "Your Majesty."
(c) "Sir King."
(d) "Your Highness."

9. What wifely chore was Anne Boleyn furious to discover that King Henry VIII was giving to Queen Katherine instead of herself?
(a) Tasting his food.
(b) Cutting his hair.
(c) Mending his shirts.
(d) Choosing the menus.

10. On what day did the proceedings of the legatine court actually commence?
(a) June 18, 1529.
(b) May 30, 1529.
(c) June 8, 1529.
(d) May 31, 1529.

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

12. Which of these people was not a supporter of Queen Katherine?
(a) Sir Thomas More.
(b) Mary Tudor, the King's sister.
(c) Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.
(d) John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester.

13. Over what kind of game did the King get into an argument with a man he assumed to be a rival for Anne's affection?
(a) Bowls.
(b) Real tennis.
(c) Archery.
(d) Dice.

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

15. In what language did Prince Arthur converse with his bride-to-be?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) French.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom was Wolsey sent to appeal for help for the King in 1527?

3. Who did King Henry VII secretly begin negotiations regarding as a bride for Prince Henry?

4. What was displayed on King Henry VIII's armor at a joust celebrating the birth of his son?

5. With whom did King Henry VIII suspect Anne was having an affair in 1525-26?

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