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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. What is the name of the supposed Cornish giant?
(a) Bolster.
(b) Bulwark.
(c) Buttress.
(d) Brace.

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

3. Which of the following does the author thank for assistance with Welsh?
(a) Guada Abale.
(b) Leslie Wilson.
(c) Delyth Neil.
(d) Jan Rogers.

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

5. Who had been captive in Lambeth Palace?
(a) John Bell.
(b) Hugh Latimer.
(c) Nicholas Heath.
(d) Thomas Young.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Helen Barre’s father lived?

2. Which bishopric is given to Gardiner?

3. What saint had Cromwell’s mother venerated?

4. Who in Cromwell’s household seeks to wed Alice?

5. How does the novel gloss “homo homini lupus”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cromwell urged not to help in the kitchen?

2. Why does Kratzer lodge with Cromwell?

3. What prompts Rafe to disclose his marriage to Cromwell?

4. Why does Cromwell hate More’s refusal to either swear the oath regarding succession or outright deny it?

5. What is the typical English diplomatic stance in the novel?

6. What story does Cromwell tell about his time with Giovannino?

7. Why does Cromwell appear to pity Mary Boleyn?

8. What do astrologers posit about Cromwell’s birth?

9. Why is Reginald Pole a danger?

10. Why does Charles Brandon wed his son’s intended?

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