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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom had Anne Boleyn intended to be wed?
(a) Harry Norris.
(b) Harry Percy.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) Harry Carney.

2. What is the name of the legate sent to assist Wolsey?
(a) Piccolomini.
(b) Aldiosi.
(c) Campeggio.
(d) Castellesi.

3. What title is held by the messenger the King dispatches to Wolsey?
(a) Yeoman of the Guard.
(b) Groom of the Stool.
(c) Keeper of the Ravens.
(d) Gentleman Butler.

4. Which of the following is Wolsey’s usher?
(a) Gascoigne.
(b) Cavendish.
(c) Cumberbatch.
(d) Castiglione.

5. What is the name of Cromwell’s chief cook?
(a) Monville.
(b) Tuesborough.
(c) Thurston.
(d) Wednesburg.

6. Where does Wolsey propose to set up a religious council?
(a) Avignon.
(b) Ravenna.
(c) Rome.
(d) Clermont.

7. At which of the following had Cromwell worked with his uncle?
(a) Lambeth Palace.
(b) Whitehall Palace.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Kensington Palace.

8. In what year does Anne Boleyn first appear in court?
(a) 1520.
(b) 1521.
(c) 1519.
(d) 1522.

9. What is the name of Cromwell’s wife’s sister?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Johane.
(c) Jane.
(d) Jana.

10. Which of the following is sent in tapestry to Wolsey?
(a) St. Hildegard.
(b) St. Agnes.
(c) St. Hubert.
(d) St. George.

11. Of what make is the squirrel trim about which Mercy asks Cromwell?
(a) Lucanian
(b) Sicilian.
(c) Apulian.
(d) Calabrian.

12. With whose daughter does the King have a son?
(a) John Thomas.
(b) John Chase.
(c) John Gaunt.
(d) John Blount.

13. Where did Cromwell live when he took the Sadler boy into his household?
(a) Fleet Street.
(b) Lloyd’s Avenue.
(c) Eastcheap.
(d) Fenchurch Street.

14. Where does Cromwell report having fought?
(a) Garigliano.
(b) Penitro.
(c) Ausonia.
(d) Rongolise.

15. Whom does Cromwell’s daughter intend to marry?
(a) Cristophe.
(b) Rafe.
(c) Gergory.
(d) Richard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Wolsey expected for Holy Week?

2. With whom had Cromwell had a liaison?

3. As which of the following does the novel gloss “Diolch am yr arian”?

4. Where does the novel report the legendary Arthur’s tomb to be?

5. What is the name of Thomas Cromwell’s father?

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