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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. After being stuck in England for many years, how did Catherine finally stand up to the King?
(a) She used her feminine wiles.
(b) She publically announced her return to her country.
(c) She bribed him.
(d) She arranged her own transportation to leave the country.

2. In what year were Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII married?
(a) 1510.
(b) 1512.
(c) 1511.
(d) 1509.

3. After her husband's death, what did Catherine of Aragon often struggle to do?
(a) Forget her dead husband.
(b) Feed herself and her servants.
(c) Get out of bed in the morning.
(d) Forgive the Tudor family.

4. After Arthur's death, what caused Henry VII to be displeased with Catherine's father?
(a) Catherine's father did not agree with Henry's politics.
(b) Catherine's father had not yet paid her dowry.
(c) Catherine's father would not allow Catherine to remain in England.
(d) Catherine's father would not accept Henry's bribe.

5. In what year did Henry decide he must have a divorce from Catherine of Aragon?
(a) 1525.
(b) 1521.
(c) 1527.
(d) 1519.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At whose request was Anne's relationship with Lord Percy ended?

3. Who was a marriage prospect that was considered for Anne?

4. As Henry sought to end his marriage to Catherine, what did Cardinal Wolsey suggest she should do?

5. What age was Catherine of Aragon when her marriage was arranged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was Anne Boleyn's family background?

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

7. Why was Anne Boleyn brought back to England in 1521? Whom did Anne have a romance with around the same time?

8. What did Cardinal Wolsey suggest Catherine of Aragon should do when Henry decided to end their marriage?

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

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

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