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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. At what family's home did the Tudor court stay in September, 1535?
3. On what did King Henry VIII have a reference engraved to his rose without a thorn?
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. What happened in 1541 to sour relations between England and Scotland?
2. What important events occurred in the Vatican in the winter and spring of 1534?
3. How did Queen Katherine involve herself in affairs of state in the spring of 1541?
4. How was the birth of Prince Edward celebrated?
5. In March, 1536, what incident changed the course of King Henry VIII's affair with Jane Seymour?
6. Describe the coronation ceremony of Anne Boleyn.
7. How did Anne Boleyn accept her sentence of death?
8. What was the order of succession after the death of King Henry VIII?
9. Why did Emperor Charles V and the imperialists support the idea of a royal divorce between King Henry VIII and Queen Anne?
10. On what grounds was King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves dissolved?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
How does the author use novelistic techniques (suspense, narrative arc, subplots, thematic considerations, etc.) to turn history into a story? Be specific.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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