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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the birth of Anne and Henry's first child, what was required to be altered to reflect the child's sex?
(a) The line of succession.
(b) The color of the baby's room.
(c) The baby's wardrobe.
(d) The birth announcement.

2. What did Henry promise Anna of Cleves when he decided to end their marriage?
(a) He would never go to war against Cleves.
(b) He would find another husband for her.
(c) He would name a town after her.
(d) He would regard her as his own sister.

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

4. What is the title of Chapter 12?
(a) The King's disappointment.
(b) To The Manor Born.
(c) The Great Change.
(d) The Third Marriage.

5. Why did King Henry fall out of love with Anne Boleyn?
(a) Her religious beliefs changed.
(b) She failed to give him a son.
(c) She had an affair with a courtier.
(d) She showed no interest in her daughter.

6. How was Katherine punished for her infidelity?
(a) She as burned at the stake.
(b) She was hanged.
(c) She was drawn and quartered.
(d) She was beheaded.

7. In what year did King Henry and Anna of Cleves marry?
(a) 1530.
(b) 1536.
(c) 1540.
(d) 1542.

8. After marrying Jane Seymour, what did Henry decide to do for Mary, his daughter?
(a) Choose her husband for her.
(b) Reinstate her as one of his heirs.
(c) Build a country home for her.
(d) Send her to stay with her mother's family in Spain.

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

10. Whom did Katherine Howard have an affair with when she was seventeen?
(a) Francis Throckmorton.
(b) Francis Knollys.
(c) Francis Drake.
(d) Francis Dereham.

11. Shortly after Catherine of Aragon's death, what happened to Anne Boleyn?
(a) She had a miscarriage.
(b) She was given a new title and more property.
(c) She was attacked by an angry mob.
(d) She was accused of killing Katherine of Aragon.

12. How did Anne react whenever Henry appeared to take notice of young women at court?
(a) She became depressed.
(b) She encouraged him to divorce her.
(c) She flirted with men.
(d) She became jealous.

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

14. Where was Henry when he learned of Katherine's indiscretions?
(a) The northern territories.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Spain.
(d) Ireland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, who is said to have gone with Henry to visit the French king?

2. What kind of wedding did Anne Boleyn and Henry have?

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

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

5. Which of the following were NOT brought in to testify against Anne Boleyn?

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