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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry and Anne had their first sexual encounter in the autumn of which year?
(a) 1532.
(b) 1551.
(c) 1534.
(d) 1533.

2. The manuscript Gardiner gives to Cromwell in Chapter 2: Crows states that whose power comes straight from God?
(a) The Priest.
(b) The people.
(c) The King of England.
(d) The Pope.

3. Who protests when Edward Seymour tells Jane to scream if Henry makes a sincere attempt to take off any of her clothes?
(a) John.
(b) Cromwell.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jane.

4. Jane asserts in Chapter 1: Falcons that Mary Shelton is teaching her what language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which courtier was executed the same week as Henry left Whitehall to go on progress?

2. Which character does Jane name as the man who knows all of the women's secrets at court?

3. Anne and Grace Cromwell have been deceased for how many years by the time depicted in Chapter 1: Falcons?

4. What breed of dog does Anne have as a pet?

5. The falcons featured in Chapter 1: Falcons are named after what kind of women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What item does Henry lose in Chapter 1 and how do the rest of the courtiers respond?

2. Why is Princess Mary now only referred to as Lady Mary?

3. Who is Mark Smeaton?

4. What event occurs during the supper at Wolf Hall that would usually require Harry Norris's services?

5. For what reason is Cromwell so surprised to see Stephen Gardiner when Chapter 2: Crows begins?

6. How does the theme of appearance versus reality arise within Chapter 1: Falcons?

7. How does Gardiner describe the contents of the manuscript he gives Cromwell in Chapter 2: Crows?

8. How does Mantel use sensory details concerning sound to portray specific qualities of life at Austin Friars, Cromwell's estate?

9. What examples does Cromwell provide to support his assertion that no one's fate is ever set in stone?

10. What evidence does the narrator provide for the conclusion that Henry has aged a great deal in the past five years?

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