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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 "Valor Ecclesiasticus"?
(a) A report on the wealth of the church.
(b) An homage to the bravery of King Henry VIII.
(c) A treatise about the reforms in the church.
(d) An homage to the virtue of Queen Katherine.

2. What bird became Jane Seymour's personal emblem?
(a) A quail.
(b) A phoenix.
(c) A peacock.
(d) A falcon.

3. Which of these attendants to Queen Katherine was not accused of abetting her adultery?
(a) Mrs. Luffkyn.
(b) Katherine Tylney.
(c) Jane Rochford.
(d) Margaret Morton.

4. What major event occurred on June 1, 1533?
(a) The birth of Princess Elizabeth.
(b) The wedding of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn.
(c) The official annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
(d) The coronation of Anne Boleyn.

5. Which of these men arrested in conjunction with Queen Anne's alleged crimes was arrested, but never charged?
(a) Sir Henry Norris.
(b) William Brereton.
(c) Lord Rochford.
(d) Sir Thomas Wyatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the color of mourning in Spain?

2. With whom was Katherine Parr discussing marriage when the King sent him abroad?

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

4. Over what did King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn argue in August, 1533?

5. Which of these was not a reason that Thomas Cranmer visited Queen Anne at the Tower?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the coronation ceremony of Anne Boleyn.

2. What was the order of succession after the death of King Henry VIII?

3. What happened in 1541 to sour relations between England and Scotland?

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

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

6. What kinds of charity did Queen Anne perform?

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

8. How did the birth of Princess Elizabeth affect the Princess Mary?

9. How did Queen Katherine spend her last hours?

10. What urgent matter diverted the Privy Council's attention from the executions of Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper in December, 1541?

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