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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. To whom is the King compared?
(a) Nero.
(b) Hadrian.
(c) Caligula.
(d) Commodus.

2. With whom had Cromwell had a liaison?
(a) Liz.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Anselma.

3. What is the name of Wolsey’s fool?
(a) Moon Boy.
(b) Patch.
(c) Dogberry.
(d) Bottom.

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

5. Which of the following does Cromwell cite as a great scholar?
(a) Linacre.
(b) Hawking.
(c) Newton.
(d) Alcuin.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom is the second epigraph taken?

2. Through which of the following will Wolsey transit?

3. Who is depicted as the Queen of Sheba on a tapestry?

4. Of what material is More’s jerkin made?

5. To whom is Cromwell married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel define what praemunire is?

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

3. How does Cromwell know less than a day has passed since his father beat him?

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

5. How had Cromwell met his wife?

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

7. What would the King’s role have been had his elder brother not died?

8. Why is Wolsey jeered as he leaves after his dispossession?

9. Per the novel, how was legendary Britain founded?

10. How does Rafe explain Cromwell’s adherence to Wolsey?

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