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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. On what was Henry Wyatt forced to subsist in prison?

2. Whom of the following had More taken in?

3. What post is held by Jane Seymour’s brother-in-law?

4. Which of the following is poisoned?

5. Where is Elizabeth Tudor to be lodged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What rumors are spread about Elizabeth Tudor at her birth?

4. What questions does Jane Seymour voice about pregnancy?

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

6. Why does Anne Boleyn posit that the Pope had refused Wolsey?

7. How does Cromwell recognize that Cranmer’s wife is pregnant?

8. Why does Kratzer lodge with Cromwell?

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

10. Why does Cromwell appear to pity Mary Boleyn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, many character share not only family names, which would be expected, but also given names. How does the repetition of names affect the reading?

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of Wolf Hall do so for the present novel? How or how not?

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