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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. What does Wolsey say More needs less of to be a great statesman?
(a) Normality.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Moral integrity.
(d) Fear.

2. Why did the Pope refuse Henry's request to divorce Catherine?
(a) He did not want Henry running the church.
(b) He wanted more money from Henry.
(c) He wanted the marriage to remain in tact.
(d) He wanted Catherine to request the divorce.

3. What does Chapuys call More after talking to him about Wolsey?
(a) A traitor.
(b) A statesman.
(c) A good man.
(d) A coward.

4. What does Wolsey call the English Ambassador when talking to More?
(a) A fool.
(b) A red herring.
(c) A ninny.
(d) A stalwart.

5. What kind of man does Cromwell say would stay out of the way of the divorce?
(a) Men with conviction.
(b) Men with motivation.
(c) Men with common sense.
(d) Men governed by fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard tell More that every man has at the beginning of the book?

2. What is the Common Man looking for at the beginning of the play?

3. How does Cromwell define his new position after Wolsey's death?

4. Which of the following are NOT looking for More in Scene 7?

5. What does More say when More's daughter says she is engaged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does More tell his wife he will do now that he has resigned as the Chancellor?

2. What will be the first major task for More as the new Chancellor, and what might this mean?

3. Why is Alice so angry with her husband when she visits him in prison?

4. What is Henry's main support for his divorce when talking to More?

5. What does Cromwell say will happen to More if he does not bless the King's marriage to Anne?

6. What does More say when Henry asks him if he has thought about the divorce since their last meeting?

7. What does More's steward do and say when Rich confronts him after his talk with Chapuys?

8. What does More say to the Headsman just before he is executed?

9. Why does More say he doesn't fear to stand before Cromwell at Hampton Court?

10. What does the steward say about Rich after asking him for a job?

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