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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom did Henry have a son with in 1519?
2. Which of Henry's sisters was married to the King of France?
3. One of the individuals whom Henry considered betrothing his daughter to was ___________.
4. For how many years did Catherine of Aragon live as a hostage of Henry VII?
5. What troubled Catherine's parents' marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Fraser speculate was the reason Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon?
2. What ruined King Henry's plans to marry Princess Mary to Charles V? How did Henry and Catherine feel about this turn of events?
3. What contributed to Prince Arthur's bad health?
4. Why was Anne Boleyn brought back to England in 1521? Whom did Anne have a romance with around the same time?
5. When did Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII marry? What happened to Catherine quickly after?
6. What pressure was on Catherine of Aragon in 1518?
7. After Arthur's death, what caused Henry VII to back away from the plan to marry Catherine to his son Henry?
8. After Ferdinand's death, whom did Henry VIII discuss as a possible husband for Mary?
9. What meeting between France and England occurred around 1520? Whom might Henry have met at this meeting?
10. In the prologue, what does the author explain as her purpose for writing "The Wives of Henry VIII"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Anna of Cleves, Henry's fourth wife. How did Henry feel about Anna of Cleves? Why did Henry marry Anne of Cleves? What was their relationship like during their marriage? How did their marriage end and how did Henry treat Anna afterward?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the career of the author of "The Wives of Henry VIII" Antonia Fraser. What other works has she written? Does she write in other genres? Is she respected in the literary world? What are some of the characteristics of her writing?
Essay Topic 3
Henry went to great lengths to divorce Catherine of Aragon. Discuss how he goes about doing this and why.
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