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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. What book does Avery bring for Cromwell?

2. From whom does Cromwell borrow in support of Cranmer?

3. What is the name of the woman Cromwell sees burned for being a Lollard?

4. Who accompanies Cromwell to Bedfordshire?

5. Which bishopric is given to Gardiner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cromwell concerned that Cristophe might be his son?

2. For what reason does Thomas Wyatt’s father account him brave?

3. Why does Anne Boleyn want More included in a bill of attainder, despite a lack of evidence?

4. Why is Bainham set to be executed?

5. Why does More demur to go to dinner with Cromwell?

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

7. Why does Cromwell appear to pity Mary Boleyn?

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

9. Why is Reginald Pole a danger?

10. Why does Anne Boleyn posit that the Pope had refused 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

Sources attest to the presence of Wolf Hall on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What attitude towards legalism does the novel display? What in the novel indicates that attitude? How does it do so?

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