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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. With whom did Katherine Howard have a pre-contract before she married the King?

2. Who died a full traitor's death on December 10, 1541?

3. At what family's home did the Tudor court stay in September, 1535?

4. Which of these ladies was not considered as a possible fourth bride for King Henry VIII?

5. Of what did Jane Seymour die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What kinds of charity did Queen Anne perform?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Using specific examples, discuss how Weir creates fact-based but fully-developed, human descriptions of the people in the story of King Henry VIII. What about her descriptions helps these people come alive?

Essay Topic 3

What were the major differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the newly created Church of England? How did those differences play out during the reign of King Henry VIII? Why did they cause such controversy?

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