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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. What troubled Catherine's parents' marriage?
(a) Money issues.
(b) Her mother's depression.
(c) Her father's infidelity.
(d) Her mother's inability to have more children.

2. Emperor Charles entered into a marriage contract with __________.
(a) Anna of Germany.
(b) Eleanor of France.
(c) Isabella of Portugal.
(d) Gemma of Austria.

3. What did Henry expect would happen if he married Anne Boleyn?
(a) She would quickly give him a son.
(b) The people would quickly grow to love Anne.
(c) His treaty with France would strengthen.
(d) Mary would never speak to him again.

4. Where was Catherine crowned Queen of England?
(a) Windsor Castle.
(b) The Tower of London.
(c) Westminster Abbey.
(d) Buckingham Palace.

5. What age was Catherine of Aragon when her marriage was arranged?
(a) She was an adult.
(b) She was a toddler.
(c) She was a teenager.
(d) She was an infant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was there disappointment surrounding the birth of Catherine and Henry's child in 1516?

2. One of the individuals whom Henry considered betrothing his daughter to was ___________.

3. What helped Anne Boleyn's father make a name for himself?

4. Why do historians wonder why Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What contributed to Prince Arthur's bad health?

4. As Catherine of Aragon approached her fortieth birthday, what did Henry VIII focus his attention on?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who were Catherine of Aragon's parents? What is noted about her mother?

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