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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rumor about the husband of Cromwell's new love interest does NOT include which of the following violent acts?
(a) Throat-cutting.
(b) Bludgeoning.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Boiling in oil.

2. What position does Stephen Gardiner currently hold, even though he has been banished to the countryside?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Friar.
(c) Duke.
(d) Lord.

3. What is NOT a positive trait Cromwell attributes to his son Gregory?
(a) Impeccable manners.
(b) A facility for riding horses.
(c) A facility for Latin.
(d) A facility for archery.

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

5. The narrator states that Henry calls for what item a lot more frequently than he had five years before?
(a) The pipe.
(b) The tobacco.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The wine jug.

6. Who is Katherine's second choice on the list of visitors she provides to Cromwell when requesting Henry's permission?
(a) Chapuys.
(b) Mary.
(c) Weston.
(d) Norris.

7. How many acres does John Seymour own?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 500.
(c) 800.
(d) 2,000.

8. Cromwell hears that Henry has been seen walking with Jane in what location?
(a) The hedge maze.
(b) The countryside.
(c) The gallery.
(d) The garden.

9. In what location did Henry and Anne first engage in a sexual encounter, according to Cromwell?
(a) Padua.
(b) Calais.
(c) Rome.
(d) Greece.

10. What position in Henry's court did Gardiner hold before he was banished from court and made to live in the countryside?
(a) Master Secretary.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Lead privy to the king.
(d) Page.

11. Who had originally requested the open letter that Gardiner brings to Cromwell in Chapter 2: Crows?
(a) Suffolk.
(b) Cromwell.
(c) Seymour.
(d) Henry.

12. Which family member of Edward Seymour's was reported by many to have slept with his wife around 120 times?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His nephew.
(d) His uncle.

13. Cromwell finds Rafe and Gregory pretending to maim and murder which character in Chapter 1: Falcons?
(a) John Seymour.
(b) Mark Smeaton.
(c) Anne.
(d) Francis Weston.

14. Gardiner tells Cromwell that that the word of a king contains great what?
(a) Power.
(b) Resolve.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Danger.

15. What role does Henry ask Jane to take on at court in Chapter 2: Crows?
(a) Good Works officer.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Lady-in-waiting.
(d) Good mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry asks Jane in Chapter 1: Falcons, "Now that we see you at home with your people, are you less" (11) what?

2. When Cromwell ponders the mutability of humankind, he decides that what objects "breed gentle manners" (33)?

3. To whom did Gardiner lose his position in Henry's court when he was banished to the countryside?

4. What adjective does Cromwell use to describe his relationship with Anne, as it stands in Chapter 2: Crows?

5. What is the first name of the oldest male child in the Seymour family?

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