View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Cromwell ponders the mutability of humankind, he decides that what objects "breed gentle manners" (33)?
(a) Full bellies.
(b) Acres of land.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Years of education.

3. What adjective does Cromwell use to describe his relationship with Anne, as it stands in Chapter 2: Crows?
(a) Deceptive.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Adversarial.
(d) Cordial.

4. What sorts of objects does Mantel use to characterize the fearsome persona of Gardiner?
(a) Dolls.
(b) Animals.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Furnishings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Henry ask Jane to take on at court in Chapter 2: Crows?

2. How does Anne react to Cromwell's news about Katherine's requests for visitors?

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

4. When Cromwell returns to court, he tells Henry that he believes that Katherine ought to be allowed to visit which person?

5. Cromwell hears that Henry has been seen walking with Jane in what location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cromwell mean when he states that Henry has been "a life-long student of inventive ways to die" (25)?

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

3. In what way does the motif of journeys or paths arise within Chapter 2: Crows?

4. What is the significance of Henry's request that Jane become his "good mistress" (97)?

5. What is the significance of "Late autumn" in "the year 1532," (20) according to the narrator?

6. Discuss Mantel's use of personification to depict Stephen Gardiner, Cromwell's predecessor.

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

8. For what purpose does Henry send Cromwell to meet with Katherine of Aragon and what request does she make of Cromwell?

9. Who are the Plantagenets and what do they believe about the Tudors, according to Cromwell?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,059 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample