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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who died on December 21, 1536?
(a) Princess Mary.
(b) Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire.
(c) Thomas Cromwell.
(d) Sir John Seymour.

2. Who did Thomas Seymour first determine to marry after his return to England?
(a) Princess Mary.
(b) Queen Katherine.
(c) Princess Elizabeth.
(d) Lady Jane Grey.

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

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

5. What condition does Weir speculate that Anne Boleyn may have had that caused her three miscarriages?
(a) Hyperthyroidism.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Rhesus-negativity.

6. Over what did King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn argue in August, 1533?
(a) Where their child should be born.
(b) His infidelity.
(c) Religious reforms.
(d) What to name the baby.

7. Which of these abbeys was not closed in the spring of 1540?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Rochester.
(c) Christchurch.
(d) York.

8. Who became Lord Chancellor in April, 1544?
(a) Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.
(b) Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
(c) Sir Thomas Seymour.
(d) Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton..

9. Who was behind a plot to replace Queen Katherine in late 1546?
(a) Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton.
(c) Sir Thomas Seymour.
(d) Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.

10. On what internal organ did Katherine of Aragon have a black growth?
(a) Her uterus.
(b) Her heart.
(c) Her liver.
(d) Her lung.

11. Who was sent to move Queen Katherine to Fotheringhay Castle in December, 1533?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) The Earl of Wiltshire.
(c) The Duke of Surrey.
(d) The Duke of Suffolk.

12. Where was Princess Elizabeth's household established?
(a) Windsor.
(b) Hatfield.
(c) Greenwich.
(d) Richmond.

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

14. With whom did Anne Boleyn become estranged in the autumn of 1534?
(a) Thomas Cromwell.
(b) Mary Boleyn.
(c) Thomas Boleyn.
(d) George Boleyn.

15. Who was executed for treason on March 20, 1549?
(a) Thomas Seymour, Baron of Sudeley.
(b) Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk.
(c) Edward Seymour, Lord Protector of England.
(d) Anne of Cleves.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what family's home did the Tudor court stay in September, 1535?

2. What did King Henry VIII do daily to divert his attention from his marital troubles?

3. Who expressed sorrow to the King after hearing of Anne's arrest?

4. Who reversed the Act of Attainder against Katherine Howard?

5. To whom did Katherine of Aragon dictate a letter the night before she died?

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