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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Speaker of the House of Commons?
(a) Martin.
(b) Bercow.
(c) Hoyle.
(d) Audley.

2. Whom does Cromwell summon to assist Cranmer’s wife?
(a) Johane.
(b) Helen.
(c) Mary.
(d) Alice.

3. From where does Cranmer write to Cromwell?
(a) Leipzig.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Nuremberg.
(d) Erfurt.

4. Whom of the following is arrested alongside Thomas Wyatt?
(a) Francis Burton.
(b) Francis Bryan.
(c) Francis Boleyn.
(d) Francis Bacon.

5. What book does Avery bring for Cromwell?
(a) Summa de Arithmetica.
(b) Legenda Aurea.
(c) Elements.
(d) Introductio in Analysin Infinitorum.

6. Which of the following will take a position at the Mint?
(a) Bailey.
(b) Hendrix.
(c) Vaughan.
(d) Clapton.

7. Which of the following does Thomas Wyatt bring to Cromwell’s home?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) Cobnuts.
(c) Pecans.
(d) Cashews.

8. What is the name of the supposed prophet?
(a) Elizabeth Barton.
(b) Mary Burton.
(c) Victoria Brighton.
(d) Matilda Bacon.

9. What does Cromwell gift to Anne Boleyn?
(a) Spoons.
(b) Knives.
(c) Chopsticks.
(d) Forks.

10. Who described Cromwell as “a traveling bruise” (401)?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Francis Burton.
(c) Francis Bryan.
(d) Francis Boleyn.

11. How long is Cromwell’s lease at Austin Friars?
(a) 99 years.
(b) 99 weeks.
(c) 99 days.
(d) 99 months.

12. What is the name of the woman Cromwell sees burned for being a Lollard?
(a) Jenny Loughton.
(b) Jane Houghton.
(c) Jade Roughton.
(d) Joan Boughton.

13. How does the novel gloss “homo homini lupus”?
(a) “The same flowers bloom.”
(b) “Home of homes lights up.”
(c) “Man and wolf are the same.”
(d) “Man is wolf to man.”

14. Who becomes the King’s physician?
(a) Hinds.
(b) Butts.
(c) Burger.
(d) Handler.

15. Which of the following is poisoned?
(a) Smith.
(b) Cooper.
(c) Sadler.
(d) Fisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the comet come?

2. What saint had Cromwell’s mother venerated?

3. Where is the supposed prophet to be executed?

4. Which of the following has the author of Wolf Hall won?

5. Who had advised More against going into politics or theology?

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