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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Anne Boleyn: Chapter 9, Hail Anna! and Chapter 10, The Most Happy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Arthur's death, what caused Henry VII to be displeased with Catherine's father?
(a) Catherine's father had not yet paid her dowry.
(b) Catherine's father would not allow Catherine to remain in England.
(c) Catherine's father would not accept Henry's bribe.
(d) Catherine's father did not agree with Henry's politics.

2. Following the delivery of a stillborn son in 1534, what did Anne make statements to imply about the King?
(a) He was impotent.
(b) The child was not Henry's.
(c) The King was afraid to go to war with France.
(d) The King had no want for a son.

3. At the tribunal in 1529, what did Catherine claim about King Henry?
(a) He knew she was a virgin when they married.
(b) He was not a man of God.
(c) Anne Boleyn had encouraged Henry to divorce her.
(d) He was not Henry Fitzroy's true father.

4. What country was Catherine of Aragon from?
(a) France.
(b) Portugal.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. What does the author claim about much of what is widely-believed about Henry VIII's wives?
(a) It is accurate.
(b) It is uninteresting.
(c) It is the tip of the iceberg of what is actually known about them.
(d) It is historically wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Anne and Henry name their firstborn child?

2. After her husband's death, what did Catherine of Aragon often struggle to do?

3. What do historians question about Arthur and Catherine's marriage?

4. What did Catherine of Aragon and Henry name their firstborn son?

5. What did Catherine of Aragon deny about her marriage to Arthur until her death?

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