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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. Everyone at the supper table at Wolf Hall looks at which character when Henry mentions Cardinal Wolsey?
2. What sort of weather does Henry's hunting party encounter when they emerge from the forest soon after leaving Wolf Hall?
3. Cromwell believes that bishops like Hugh Latimer see which character as "an opportunity" (33)?
4. What is NOT a positive trait Cromwell attributes to his son Gregory?
5. When the novel opens, the narrator states that "England has enjoyed" how many years "of peace" (5)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of "Late autumn" in "the year 1532," (20) according to the narrator?
2. In what way does the motif of journeys or paths arise within Chapter 2: Crows?
3. What evidence does the narrator provide for the conclusion that Henry has aged a great deal in the past five years?
4. Who are the Plantagenets and what do they believe about the Tudors, according to Cromwell?
5. For what purpose does Henry send Cromwell to meet with Katherine of Aragon and what request does she make of Cromwell?
6. Discuss Mantel's use of personification to depict Stephen Gardiner, Cromwell's predecessor.
7. Who is Mark Smeaton?
8. What item does Henry lose in Chapter 1 and how do the rest of the courtiers respond?
9. How does Mantel use irony to portray the paradox within Henry's persona?
10. How does the theme of appearance versus reality arise within Chapter 1: Falcons?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Bring Up the Bodies and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Mantel’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Bring Up the Bodies.
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at the passages of Bring Up the Bodies that describe the close relationship between power and corruption. What is Mantel’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of this connection throughout the text?
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