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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What book did Anne Boleyn read that King Henry VIII insisted stay on the list of banned books?
(a) "The Obedience of a Christian Man, and how Christian Kings ought to Govern."
(b) "The Supplication of Beggars."
(c) "Utopia."
(d) "A Glass of the Truth."

8. How old was Katherine of Aragon when her marital future was decided?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

9. Who was sent by King Henry VIII to Rome to request a dispensation allowing him to remarry?
(a) Dr. William Knight.
(b) Thomas Boleyn.
(c) George Cavendish.
(d) Cardinal Wolsey.

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

11. What book did Anne Boleyn read and share with the King, who approved of it despite its place on the banned list?
(a) "The Obedience of a Christian Man, and how Christian Kings ought to Govern."
(b) "Utopia."
(c) "A Glass of the Truth."
(d) "The Supplication of Beggars."

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

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

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

15. What monarch founded the Tudor dynasty?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) Henry VII.
(d) Mary I.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who suggested a new solution to the King's marital quagmire in September, 1529?

3. With whom did King Henry VIII share his plans to have his first marriage annulled and marry Anne Boleyn?

4. Which of Henry VIII's wives took as her motto, "No other will than his"?

5. Which of these songs did Henry VIII compose for Katherine of Aragon?

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