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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Anna of Cleaves and Katherine Howard: Chapter 14, An Unendurable Bargain, Chapter 15, That Young Girl Katherine, and Chapter 16, Old Man's Jewel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who began to suffer health problems around 1535?
(a) Margaret Tudor.
(b) Princess Mary.
(c) Catherine of Aragon.
(d) Anne Boleyn.

2. Anne and Henry named their firstborn child after ____________.
(a) Henry's mother.
(b) Anne's sister.
(c) Henry's sister.
(d) Anne's mother.

3. What age was Catherine of Aragon approaching in the early 1520s?
(a) Forty years old.
(b) Forty-five years old.
(c) Thirty-five years old.
(d) Thirty years old.

4. Why was there particular pressure for Catherine of Aragon's pregnancy in 1518 to result in the birth of a boy?
(a) Henry wanted to have a son to bond with.
(b) England would not be taken over by an outsider if a boy was born.
(c) Many monarchs around Europe had been welcoming sons.
(d) Boys were considered good luck.

5. At the same time that Henry sought a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, what was troubling parliament?
(a) Diplomatic threats from the Spanish.
(b) A lack of money to fund the navy.
(c) Growing rebellions in the west and north.
(d) The Lutheran religious movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Arthur's title?

2. Sometime after the death of Jane Seymour, which two countries entered into a treaty that made King Henry nervous?

3. What about Anne's personality quickly began to irritate the King after they married?

4. What is the only surviving example of Katherine's handwriting?

5. To which of Henry's wives was Katherine Howard related?

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