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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the new Spanish ambassador to England as of autumn, 1529?
(a) Eustache Chapuys.
(b) Luis Caroz.
(c) Guitier Gomez de Fuensalida.
(d) Diego Hurtado de Mendoza.

2. In what province were the Spanish royal children raised?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Castile.
(c) The Asturias.
(d) Granada.

3. Which of Henry VIII's wives did not marry him at a relatively advanced age?
(a) Katherine Parr.
(b) Anne Boleyn.
(c) Katherine Howard.
(d) Katherine of Aragon.

4. Which of these was not an order issued to King Henry VIII from the Pope?
(a) To appear in Rome for the trial of his case.
(b) To put away Anne Boleyn.
(c) Not to remarry before he gave a decision on the case.
(d) To marry Anne without annuling his first marriage.

5. From what country was the great-grandmother for whom Katherine of Aragon was named?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) England.

6. What was the title of Erasmus' book, written in 1526, with which Queen Katherine was impressed?
(a) "A Defence of the Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther."
(b) "The Institution of Christian Marriage."
(c) "Utopia."
(d) "An Exhortation to Young Men."

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

8. Where were Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon married?
(a) Westminster Abbey.
(b) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) The Tower of London.

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

10. Whose family chaplain did Thomas Cranmer become?
(a) Thomas Howard's.
(b) John Fisher's.
(c) Thomas Boleyn's.
(d) Stephen Gardiner's.

11. In what year was the most recent biography, before Weir's, of Henry VIII's wives written?
(a) 1773.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1905.

12. Where did Charles V go in February 1530 to be crowned?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) Bologna.

13. Where was Anne Boleyn sent in 1513?
(a) The court of Emperor Maximilian.
(b) The court of Queen Katherine.
(c) The court of Margaret of Austria.
(d) The court of Louis XII.

14. Which of Henry VIII's wives died from complications during childbirth?
(a) Katherine Howard.
(b) Anne of Cleves.
(c) Jane Seymour.
(d) Katherine of Aragon.

15. Who was King Henry VIII's first known mistress?
(a) Elizabeth Blount.
(b) Lady Elizabeth FitzWalter.
(c) Mary Boleyn.
(d) Anne Boleyn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who took over governing Castile when King Philip died in 1506?

3. Who was later hailed as the founder of the Protestant religion?

4. On what story was the first pageant staged in the Tudor court based?

5. What was the summit between King Henry VIII and King Francis I called?

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