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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 chief issue of a marriage contract?
(a) The division of joint property.
(b) A man's ability to provide for his wife.
(c) A woman's dowry.
(d) The date and time of the wedding.

2. Where were King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn married?
(a) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) Whitehall Palace.
(d) The Tower of London.

3. What title was bestowed upon Anne Boleyn in September, 1532?
(a) Duchess of Rochford.
(b) Marquess of Pembroke.
(c) Princess of Wales.
(d) Queen of England.

4. What was Cardinal Campeggio carrying with him in secret when he came to London from Rome?
(a) A letter from the Pope to King Henry VIII.
(b) A formal annulment of the royal marriage.
(c) The original dispensation allowing Henry and Katherine to marry.
(d) A decretal bull from the Pope.

5. For whose execution did Katherine of Aragon always feel somewhat responsible?
(a) Her sister Isabella.
(b) Edward, Earl of Warwick.
(c) Perkin Warbeck.
(d) Her nephew Miguel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What member of the monarchy had married for love before Henry VIII?

2. In what year were Katherine of Aragon and Arthur, Prince of Wales, formally betrothed?

3. Which of these people was not a supporter of Queen Katherine?

4. In what year did Katherine of Aragon arrive in England?

5. Where were Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Anne Boleyn's enmity for Cardinal Wolsey?

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

3. From where did Weir get the information she used to write "The Six Wives of Henry VIII"?

4. Why did King Henry VII deliberately delay making a decision about whether or not Katherine of Aragon should accompany her husband to Ludlow?

5. How did Anne Boleyn persuade the King of England to propose marriage to her?

6. How did Henry VIII earn the title "Fidei Defensor"?

7. What was the Renaissance Court?

8. What was Katherine's main point of contention with the legatine court?

9. How did King Henry VIII react to an outbreak of the plague in the summer of 1528?

10. What were the two main factors that converged in 1527 to spur King Henry VIII to action regarding the dissolution of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon?

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