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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 presides over the King’s public wedding to Anne Boleyn?

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

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

4. Where is Elizabeth Tudor to be lodged?

5. To which of the following is Mary Tudor to be sent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anne Boleyn recommend handling Mary Tudor?

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

3. What questions does Jane Seymour voice about pregnancy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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