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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To whom did Katherine appeal for help by sending one of her servants?
(a) The Archbishop of Canterbury.
(b) Emperor Charles V.
(c) Pope Clement.
(d) King Francis I.

4. With whom did King Henry VIII suspect Anne was having an affair in 1525-26?
(a) George Cavendish.
(b) Thomas Wyatt.
(c) Thomas More.
(d) Henry Percy.

5. To whom was the Princess Mary, Henry and Katherine's daughter, first betrothed?
(a) The Duke of Orleans.
(b) King Francis I.
(c) Emperor Charles V.
(d) The Dauphin of France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Henry VIII's wives did not marry him at a relatively advanced age?

2. What did Queen Katherine call herself while the King was courting Anne Boleyn?

3. Which leader was killed in battle in 1513?

4. What was the primary responsibility of a queen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Katherine of Aragon appeal to Emperor Charles V for help with her legal issues?

2. Describe the state of women's rights during the Tudor period.

3. Why was the confessor, Fray Diego, so controversial in Katherine of Aragon's household?

4. What was the custom for a queen who was about to give birth?

5. What was Thomas Cranmer's solution to the King's marital quandary?

6. Describe the appearance of Anne Boleyn.

7. Why was the Pope involved in Katherine of Aragon's betrothal to Prince Henry?

8. What is the tradition of courtly love?

9. Describe Katherine of Aragon's journey from her home in Spain to England.

10. Describe the legate Campeggio's first meeting with King Henry VIII.

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