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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the King and Queen planning to visit in May, 1536?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Calais.
(c) Rome.
(d) Ireland.

2. Of what did Jane Seymour die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Plague.
(c) Puerperal fever.
(d) Consumption.

3. Which of these ladies was not considered as a possible fourth bride for King Henry VIII?
(a) Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan.
(b) Mary of Guise.
(c) Maria of Spain.
(d) Princess Margaret of France.

4. Where was Queen Anne lodged when she first arrived at the Tower of London?
(a) The Bell Tower.
(b) The royal apartments.
(c) A dungeon.
(d) The Bloody Tower.

5. What did King Henry VIII do daily to divert his attention from his marital troubles?
(a) He went hunting.
(b) He played tennis.
(c) He drank heavily.
(d) He visited his children.

6. Whose plan was it to accuse Anne Boleyn of adultery and treason?
(a) Jane Seymour's.
(b) Thomas Cromwell's.
(c) Thomas Cranmer's.
(d) Henry VIII's.

7. Which of these was not issued from Pope Clement in the summer of 1533?
(a) An annulment of the proceedings of the Dunstable court.
(b) A validation of King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
(c) An official censure of Henry's refusal to follow his decrees.
(d) A statement claiming King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn was null and void.

8. What controversial legislative act was passed in March, 1534?
(a) The Act of Supremacy.
(b) The Act of Attainder.
(c) The Act of Restraint of Appeals.
(d) The Act of Succession.

9. At what event did Queen Anne and King Henry VIII last see one another?
(a) A ball given for May Day.
(b) Easter church services.
(c) A jousting tournament.
(d) Her trial.

10. Where did King Henry VIII develop a wound that never healed?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His arm.
(c) His leg.
(d) His foot.

11. With whom did King Henry VIII begin an affair in September, 1535?
(a) Jane Seymour.
(b) Anne Gainsford.
(c) Mary Boleyn.
(d) Madge Shelton.

12. On what day did King Henry VIII first meet Anne of Cleves?
(a) Christmas Day, 1539.
(b) January 2, 1540.
(c) January 6, 1540.
(d) New Year's Day, 1540.

13. What was the title of Katherine's treatise on Christian behavior?
(a) "Le Miroir de l'ame Pecheresse."
(b) "Treatise of Three Conversions of England."
(c) "The Lamentations of a Sinner."
(d) "The Supplication of Beggars."

14. Who did King Henry VIII begin courting in April, 1540?
(a) Anne Basset.
(b) Katherine Howard.
(c) Winifred, Lady Edgecombe.
(d) Anne of Cleves.

15. Which of these women was not part of Katherine Parr and Thomas Seymour's household?
(a) Princess Elizabeth.
(b) Lady Seymour, Thomas' mother.
(c) Lady Jane Grey.
(d) Princess Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Anne's accused lovers was a musician?

2. On what did King Henry VIII have a reference engraved to his rose without a thorn?

3. Of what did King Edward VI die?

4. With whom did Katherine Howard have a pre-contract before she married the King?

5. Who became the King's mistress in February, 1535?

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