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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. Which of the following had Cromwell called “a doghole”?
(a) Blendecques.
(b) Thérouanne.
(c) Fauquembergues.
(d) Audruicq.

2. From where does Cromwell’s Polish tutor come?
(a) Stettin.
(b) Antwerp.
(c) Rostock.
(d) Calais.

3. What stone is in the ring Wolsey gives Cromwell?
(a) Topaz.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Opal
(d) Chalcedony.

4. Which poet does Cromwell read after his wife’s death?
(a) Bembo.
(b) Dante.
(c) Ariosto.
(d) Petrarch.

5. What birds are on Wolsey’s arms?
(a) Ravens.
(b) Crows.
(c) Choughs.
(d) Tanagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title is conferred on the father of Anne Boleyn?

2. To whom had Anne Boleyn intended to be wed?

3. In which of the following does Bonvisi have a house?

4. For what spice does Cromwell call after Wolsey’s dispossession?

5. What name does Cromwell give his dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Bishop of London treat Lutherans in the novel?

2. In the novel, what prompts the King to seek a new wife?

3. How does Wolsey react to illness?

4. What sours the Boleyns on Wolsey?

5. Why do diplomats tend not to learn English in the novel?

6. How do Clerke and Sumner die?

7. What message is conveyed by the award of a ring by the King to Wolsey?

8. How does the King expect people to respond to his generosity?

9. Why does Cromwell doubt that Katherine could bear more children?

10. How does Cromwell delay Wolsey’s dispossession?

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