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

2. What was the color of mourning in Spain?

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

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

5. Where was Princess Elizabeth's household established?

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. What kinds of charity did Queen Anne perform?

3. Why was Cromwell named Vicar General in January, 1535?

4. How was the birth of Prince Edward celebrated?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Queen Katherine spend her last hours?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of Henry VIII's wives and discuss the meaning and appropriateness of her personal motto (i.e., Anne Boleyn's was "Happiest of Women"). Did it actually describe her temperament? Her reign as Queen? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In a well-thought-out essay, discuss the use of foreshadowing in "The Six Wives of Henry VIII." Consider the ways in which one person's fate seems to foretell another's, etc.

Essay Topic 3

What was the purpose of marriage in the 1500s, and how did Henry VIII make use of it? Please use three examples.

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