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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Chapter 2: Master of Phantoms and Chapter 3: Spoils.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rafe thinks about Henry's dual nature, he considers which late character's comment that dealing with Henry is "like sporting with a tamed lion" (208)?
(a) John Seymour.
(b) Wolsey.
(c) More.
(d) Edmund.

2. With what activity is the term "tilt yard" (13) associated?
(a) Bloodletting.
(b) Eating.
(c) Jousting.
(d) Torturing.

3. In which month does Cromwell travel to Greenwich and hear a lot of news along the way?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) January.
(d) June.

4. When Cromwell ponders the mutability of humankind, he decides that what object "makes monsters" (33)?
(a) Poverty.
(b) War.
(c) Famine.
(d) Disease.

5. From what forest does Henry's hunting party emerge soon after the royal progress leaves Wolf Hall?
(a) Savernake Forest.
(b) The Black Forest.
(c) Buckingham Forest.
(d) Sherwood Forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cromwell's immediate goal as described in Part Two, Chapter 3: Spoils is to reconcile Henry with which character?

2. How does the screaming person react when Cromwell uses his father's advice?

3. Gardiner tells Cromwell that that the word of a king contains great what?

4. Cromwell states that which element of life is often "condemned to stay whimpering at the back door" (159)?

5. Who is Katherine's second choice on the list of visitors she provides to Cromwell when requesting Henry's permission?

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