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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. To whom did Queen Anne entrust the care of her daughter, Elizabeth, in the event that something should happen to her?
(a) Her sister, Mary Boleyn, and her husband, William Stafford.
(b) Her husband, King Henry VIII.
(c) Her chaplain, Matthew Parker.
(d) Her parents, the Earl of Wiltshire and his wife.

2. Which of these men was not executed for treason at the Tower of London?
(a) Father John Forrest.
(b) John Fisher.
(c) Sir Thomas More.
(d) Reginald Pole.

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

4. On what day was Anne Boleyn executed?
(a) May 20, 1536.
(b) May 17, 1536.
(c) May 19, 1536.
(d) May 18, 1536.

5. Where was Princess Elizabeth's household established?
(a) Greenwich.
(b) Windsor.
(c) Hatfield.
(d) Richmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did King Henry VIII do daily to divert his attention from his marital troubles?

2. Who was sent to move Queen Katherine to Fotheringhay Castle in December, 1533?

3. Which of Anne's accused lovers confessed?

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

5. To whom did Queen Katherine write a love letter that was discovered by the Privy Council?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. On what grounds was King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves dissolved?

6. How was Queen Katherine mourned?

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

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

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

10. What reasons would Katherine Parr have had for not wanting to marry King Henry VIII?

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