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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. Who described Cromwell as “a traveling bruise” (401)?

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

3. Which of the following does Thomas Wyatt bring to Cromwell’s home?

4. From where does Cranmer write to Cromwell?

5. Where does the painter Hans rent a house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bainham set to be executed?

2. Why does Kratzer lodge with Cromwell?

3. Where does the supposed prophet purport to see Wolsey’s soul?

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

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

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

7. How does Anne Boleyn recommend handling Mary Tudor?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Consider the narrative perspective of the novel. What effect does it have on the content? How is that effect created? How do you know?

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