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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. For which port does Cromwell make when first leaving his hometown?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Holyhead.
(c) Dover.
(d) Portsmouth.

2. What is the name of More’s fool?
(a) Wolsey.
(b) Pattinson.
(c) Cromwell.
(d) Sexton.

3. Of which of the following is Bliney a fellow?
(a) Hughes Hall.
(b) Trinity Hall.
(c) Gonville & Caius.
(d) Clare Hall.

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

5. Where does the novel report the legendary Arthur’s tomb to be?
(a) Tintagel.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Hereford.
(d) Glastonbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Cromwell journeyed with his father-in-law?

2. About whom does Wolsey tell a story from his childhood?

3. From what saint do the Tudors claim descent?

4. Who tells Cromwell of his wife’s death?

5. On what count is Cromwell bitten by a snake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sours the Boleyns on Wolsey?

2. Why did Cromwell pick up a snake in Italy?

3. What advice would Cromwell offer himself for Christmas, were he likely to take it?

4. Why does Cromwell not host an Epiphany feast in 1530?

5. Why is Wolsey in doubt of his investigation into the King’s marriage to Katherine?

6. Why does Cromwell’s son complain of his greyhounds?

7. What prompts Anne Boleyn to first summon Cromwell?

8. How had Cromwell met his wife?

9. In what trade is Cromwell’s wife employed?

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

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