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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Katherine Howard come to court?
(a) To receive an education.
(b) To serve Anna of Cleves.
(c) To become the court singer.
(d) To marry a courtier.

2. Which area of Henry's kingdom was particularly restless due to the religious revolution?
(a) The west.
(b) The east.
(c) The north.
(d) The south.

3. Who was Lady Rochford?
(a) The King's cousin.
(b) Anne Boleyn's nurse maid.
(c) Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law.
(d) Anne Boleyn's aunt.

4. What was Henry disguised as when he rode to meet Anna of Cleves for the first time?
(a) A monk.
(b) A messenger.
(c) A beggar.
(d) A guard.

5. Where was Anne Boleyn taken after she was arrested in 1536?
(a) To Westminster Abbey.
(b) One of Henry's palaces outside London.
(c) The Tower of London.
(d) To St. James' Palace.

6. What did Anne and Henry name their firstborn child?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Jane.
(d) Frances.

7. Whom did Katherine live with before she came to court?
(a) The Duchess of Suffolk.
(b) The Duchess of Norfolk.
(c) The Duchess of Northumberland.
(d) The Duchess of Somerset.

8. On the same day that Anne's accused lovers were executed, what decree was issued?
(a) A decree which lessened the punishment for adultery.
(b) A decree which dissolved Henry and Anne's marriage.
(c) A decree that took away Henry's power in the Church.
(d) A decree to remove Princess Elizabeth from Henry's line of succession.

9. What health condition caused Henry a lot of pain after he married Katherine Howard?
(a) Gout.
(b) Ulcers on his leg.
(c) A bad back.
(d) Migraine headaches.

10. Where was Jane Seymour buried?
(a) Westminster Abbey.
(b) Hampton Court Palace.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) St. James' Palace.

11. What added urgency to Henry's need to divorce Catherine of Aragon in 1532?
(a) Anne Boleyn became pregnant.
(b) Catherine wanted to remarry.
(c) Rumors spread that Henry was incapable of getting things done.
(d) England went to war with Spain.

12. In Chapter 9, who is said to have gone with Henry to visit the French king?
(a) Princess Mary.
(b) Thomas More.
(c) Anne Boleyn.
(d) Cardinal Wolsey.

13. How old was Henry when he married Katherine Howard?
(a) In his sixties.
(b) In his thirties.
(c) In his forties.
(d) In his fifties.

14. After Henry and Anne married, what did he spend a great deal of money on?
(a) Preparing nurseries for their future children.
(b) Commissioning portraits of Anne and their child.
(c) Renovating Hever Castle.
(d) Building up his navy.

15. To which of Henry's wives was Katherine Howard related?
(a) Catherine of Aragon.
(b) Anna of Cleves.
(c) Anne Boleyn.
(d) Jane Seymour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the religious rebellions which occurred after Henry married Jane Seymour provoked by?

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

3. After giving birth, what did Jane Seymour contract?

4. What happened to Anne Boleyn one week after Henry's marriage to Catherine was declared invalid?

5. How many days after her son's birth did Jane Seymour die?

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