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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does More compare himself?

2. What title is held by the messenger the King dispatches to Wolsey?

3. Which of the following oversees Wolsey’s dispossession?

4. Which of the following is Wolsey’s treasurer?

5. What fruit does Wolsey favor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Wolsey’s plan for monastic reform?

3. What had Cromwell done while his father shod horses?

4. Why does Cromwell disclaim particular skill with the longbow?

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

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

7. Why does Cromwell insist on observing quarantine protocols despite his position?

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

9. In the novel, what is an estoc?

10. What sours the Boleyns on Wolsey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Wolf Hall? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Wolf Hall bear as much out?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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