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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose residence was at Hampton Court?
(a) Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
(b) Sir Thomas More.
(c) Spanish Ambassador Luis Caroz.
(d) King Henry VIII.

3. Who denied in court that he had signed a document the King claimed had been signed by every Bishop in the country?
(a) The Bishop of Ely.
(b) The Bishop of St. Asaph.
(c) The Bishop of Rochester.
(d) The Bishop of Chichester.

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

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

6. In what year did Katherine of Aragon arrive in England?
(a) 1501.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1499.
(d) 1498.

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

8. Which of Henry VIII's wives was misrepresented to him in a portrait?
(a) Katherine Howard.
(b) Katherine Parr.
(c) Anne of Cleves.
(d) Jane Seymour.

9. Of what did King Henry VII die?
(a) Old age.
(b) A fall from a horse.
(c) A jousting injury.
(d) Consumption.

10. Who wrote a book in Queen Katherine's defense entitled, "Invicta Veritas"?
(a) Thomas Abell.
(b) Cardinal Wolsey.
(c) Sir Thomas More.
(d) John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester.

11. What were the Eltham Ordinances?
(a) A treaty between England and France.
(b) The documents by which the King laid claim to the throne.
(c) A set of guidelines and rules of etiquette for the court.
(d) A treatise on marriage.

12. How many of Queen Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon's babies survived to adulthood?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

13. Which of Henry VIII's wives took as her motto, "Bound to obey and serve"?
(a) Jane Seymour.
(b) Katherine Howard.
(c) Anne of Cleves.
(d) Anne Boleyn.

14. What was the first step taken to dissolve the royal marriage?
(a) A legatine commission.
(b) An ecclesiastical court hearing.
(c) A legal trial.
(d) A request of the Pope.

15. On what day did the Tudors exchange holiday gifts?
(a) Twelfth Night.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Anne Boleyn and her family suspected of having attempted to murder in February, 1531?

2. Who was Fray Diego?

3. Which of these men was not one of Katherine of Aragon's lawyers?

4. Whose account of Queen Katherine's speech at the legatine court is recorded in Weir's book?

5. Who replaced Archbishop Warham of Canterbury after his death?

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