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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. Which title did Henry bestow on his illegitimate son in Chapter 5?
(a) Duke of York.
(b) Duke of Cornwall.
(c) Duke of Lancaster.
(d) Duke of Richmond.

2. What did Catherine of Aragon deny about her marriage to Arthur until her death?
(a) It was consummated.
(b) It was based on love.
(c) It was not consummated.
(d) It was illegal.

3. Why was Henry particularly happy about his child born in 1516?
(a) The baby was a girl.
(b) The baby was healthy.
(c) The baby was a boy.
(d) The baby had auburn hair.

4. As Henry sought to end his marriage to Catherine, what did Cardinal Wolsey suggest she should do?
(a) Confess that her marriage to Arthur was consummated.
(b) Make Henry arrange another marriage for her.
(c) Return to Spain.
(d) Enter a convent.

5. What did Henry name his first illegitimate son?
(a) Henry Fitzroy.
(b) Henry Frederick.
(c) Henry Frances.
(d) Henry Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did Catherine of Aragon give birth to a child in 1516?

2. Who was Catherine of Aragon's father?

3. What age was Catherine of Aragon approaching in the early 1520s?

4. At the tribunal in 1529, what did Catherine claim about King Henry?

5. Who was Catherine of Aragon's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who gave birth to Henry VIII's son in 1519?

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

3. What was the result of Catherine's first two pregnancies?

4. What does Fraser speculate was the reason Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon?

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

6. What ruined King Henry's plans to marry Princess Mary to Charles V? How did Henry and Catherine feel about this turn of events?

7. After Arthur's death, what caused Henry VII to back away from the plan to marry Catherine to his son Henry?

8. What did Catherine of Aragon say in her speech at the tribunal at Blackfriars in 1529?

9. What meeting between France and England occurred around 1520? Whom might Henry have met at this meeting?

10. How did it come about that Henry was named the head of the Church of England?

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