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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 is the new position Cromwell wants Rich to keep secret?

2. What is the second role played by the Common Man?

3. What does the Common Man tell More he was doing when More came along in his second role?

4. What does Cromwell tell Rich his main job is for the King?

5. To whom does More talk about the divorce of the King?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Wolsey give More before they end their meeting?

2. What does Henry tell More when they are together alone in More's garden?

3. What does the Common Man say to the audience at the end of the book?

4. Where does the Common Man say Rich died, and what are his feelings about this?

5. What does the Common Man say is the one bad thing about More as a Chancellor?

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

7. What is said in the first lines of Act 2?

8. What happens to people who do not support the new church?

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

10. What is the main change in England at the beginning of Act 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the different phases of the relationship between Margaret and Will and how they affected the course of the plot for the other characters around them.

Essay Topic 3

Thomas More's fatal flaw was his undying moral integrity. How did he show this trait? Why would this have been considered a flaw by literary critics?

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