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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Catherine of Aragon's father?
(a) Eric of Champagne.
(b) Domingos of Guarda.
(c) Edward of Glocestershire.
(d) Ferdinand of Aragon.

2. How big was the age difference between Henry's daughter and Charles of Austria?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Nineteen years.
(d) Thirty-two years.

3. 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.

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

5. What was Catherine of Aragon's relationship with Emperor Charles?
(a) She was his aunt.
(b) She was his niece.
(c) She was his sister.
(d) She was his cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubled Catherine's parents' marriage?

2. What interest did Henry have in Charles of Austria?

3. Which book of the Bible contained a passage which Henry used as grounds for divorce?

4. Catherine of Aragon heard about the investigation into her marriage from ______________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Catherine of Aragon come to be married into the English royal family?

2. In the prologue, what does the author explain as her purpose for writing "The Wives of Henry VIII"?

3. What made King Henry believe his marriage to Catherine of Aragon was illegitimate?

4. When did Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII marry? What happened to Catherine quickly after?

5. After Ferdinand's death, whom did Henry VIII discuss as a possible husband for Mary?

6. Where and when did Catherine marry Arthur? Who is noted as having attending their wedding?

7. What pressure was on Catherine of Aragon in 1518?

8. What are some examples of what Catherine of Aragon was taught as she grew up?

9. Even though their marriage was deteriorating, what did Catherine of Aragon continue to make for Henry? How did Anne Boleyn feel about this?

10. After Elizabeth of York's death, what did people speculate about Henry VII remarrying?

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