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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 title was given to Thomas Cromwell in January, 1535?
(a) Vicar General.
(b) Lord Mayor of London.
(c) Bishop of York.
(d) Lord Chancellor of England.

2. What did Anne give Henry for Christmas in 1533?
(a) A portrait of the baby Elizabeth.
(b) A silver cup engraved with their initials.
(c) A gold basin with a working fountain.
(d) Gold arrows for hunting.

3. To whom did Queen Katherine write a love letter that was discovered by the Privy Council?
(a) Francis Dereham.
(b) Henry Manox.
(c) Thomas Culpeper.
(d) John Lascelles.

4. Who was executed at the Tower of London on July 28, 1540?
(a) Thomas Cranmer.
(b) Geoffrey Pole.
(c) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(d) Thomas Cromwell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these men was not executed for treason at the Tower of London?

2. In 1541, whose execution was one of the ghastliest atrocities of Henry VIII's reign?

3. What color did King Henry VIII wear to mourn Queen Jane?

4. How many heretics were burned in England during the reign of Anne Boleyn?

5. At what event did Queen Anne and King Henry VIII last see one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Emperor Charles V and the imperialists support the idea of a royal divorce between King Henry VIII and Queen Anne?

2. How did King Henry VIII first meet his fiancee, Anne of Cleves?

3. How was the birth of Prince Edward celebrated?

4. How did Katherine Howard react to the Bill of Attainder against her?

5. How did Anne Boleyn accept her sentence of death?

6. Describe the journey of Queen Anne from Greenwich to the Tower of London.

7. In March, 1536, what incident changed the course of King Henry VIII's affair with Jane Seymour?

8. What important events occurred in the Vatican in the winter and spring of 1534?

9. How did Queen Katherine spend her last hours?

10. What aroused Katherine Parr's suspicions of her husband, Thomas Seymour?

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