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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cardinal Campeggio carrying with him in secret when he came to London from Rome?

2. In what year was the first son of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon born?

3. On whom did Anne and her family plan to take revenge after she accepted the King's marriage proposal?

4. Who was later hailed as the founder of the Protestant religion?

5. What did Charles V do to express his disapproval of King Henry VIII's legatine court hearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Princess Mary's childhood.

2. How was King Henry VIII betrayed by his father-in-law?

3. What is the tradition of courtly love?

4. 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?

5. How was a marriage executed in Tudor England?

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

7. Describe the state of women's rights during the Tudor period.

8. Why was King Henry VII so eager to marry his eldest son to one of Spain's princesses?

9. What was the public's opinion of Anne Boleyn?

10. Describe the appearance of King Henry VIII.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways did international politics play a part in Henry VIII's marriages? Use at least three examples, thinking about the overall picture of Europe in the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries.

Essay Topic 2

Choose three of the people from this biography and discuss how their own absolute certainty caused their downfall.

Essay Topic 3

King Henry VIII had several powerful advisers that rose to power at someone else's expense and then fell just as quickly. Please choose one of these advisers and discuss how his eminence affected and was affected by Henry VIII's wife at the time.

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