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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. What does Margaret have better skills in than the surprise visitor?

2. What did More's wife see a falcon attacking at the beginning of the book?

3. What is Henry's innocent fantasy according to Cromwell?

4. What special permission did King Henry get for his first marriage?

5. Who got Rich his position with the Duke?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does More's steward tell Chapuys about More since he became Chancellor?

3. What does More say to Norfolk when he asks More to give in to the King?

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

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

6. What does Rich say when he is put on the witness stand, and what is More's reaction to this?

7. Why does More say he can't accept money from the bishops?

8. What does Will tell More after he insults Norfolk by the river?

9. According to Chapuys, what has the divorce caused the church? What does he want done about it?

10. What does Chapuys say will happen if Henry is allowed to divorce Catherine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rich and Cromwell are very similar in nature although very different in many other areas. What are some of these intrinsic differences and similarities, and what message(s) was Robert Bolt trying to send with these two characters?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

What were the titles given to the two acts in this play? What significance did this have to the plot?

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