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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 illness did King Henry VIII suspect Katherine was suffering from?

2. On what internal organ did Katherine of Aragon have a black growth?

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

4. Which of these was not a formal reason given for the annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves?

5. At what event did Queen Anne and King Henry VIII last see one another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of charity did Queen Anne perform?

2. What important events occurred in the Vatican in the winter and spring of 1534?

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

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

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

6. How was the birth of Prince Edward celebrated?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did Henry VIII's obsession with retaining his family's power manifest itself throughout his life? Consider where it started and how it was encouraged and allowed to flourish. Please use at least three examples.

Essay Topic 3

Please discuss how the Renaissance affected the events of the reign of Henry VIII and his wives. For instance, Erasmus and humanism were an enormous part of the Renaissance. What was humanism and how did that philosophy play out in court? What other major components of the Renaissance made an impact on the lives of English royalty?

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