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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 color did King Henry VIII wear the day of Anne Boleyn's execution?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. With whom was Katherine Parr discussing marriage when the King sent him abroad?
(a) John Dudley, Lord Lisle.
(b) Sir John Throckmorton.
(c) Sir Anthony Denny.
(d) Sir Thomas Seymour.

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

4. Which of these was not issued from Pope Clement in the summer of 1533?
(a) An annulment of the proceedings of the Dunstable court.
(b) An official censure of Henry's refusal to follow his decrees.
(c) A validation of King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
(d) A statement claiming King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn was null and void.

5. To whom did Katherine of Aragon dictate a letter the night before she died?
(a) The Spanish ambassador, Chapuys.
(b) Her nephew, Charles V.
(c) King Henry VIII.
(d) Her daughter, Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift did King Henry VIII present to Anne Boleyn in August, 1533?

2. Which of these abbeys was not closed in the spring of 1540?

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

4. Which of Anne's accused lovers confessed?

5. Where did King Henry VIII develop a wound that never healed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Princess Mary reconciled with her father, King Henry VIII?

2. How was the succession left in King Henry VIII's will?

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

4. How did Queen Katherine spend her last hours?

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

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

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

8. How did Queen Katherine involve herself in affairs of state in the spring of 1541?

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

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

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