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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIV through XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry say brought him to Katherine's bed?
(a) Desire for an heir.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Desire for his wife.
(d) Kingly responsibility.

2. Who was Will Somers?
(a) King Henry's almoner.
(b) King Henry's doorward.
(c) King Henry's Court fool.
(d) King Henry's organist.

3. What was Henry's father's final piece of advice to Henry before dying?
(a) To never forget that a king's word is most powerful.
(b) To remember that you are a man as well as a king.
(c) That he should have eyes in the back of his head.
(d) That kings can have no friends.

4. What did Katherine announce as the first anniversary of her and Henry's coronation approaches?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) Her father had died.
(c) She wanted a divorce.
(d) She wanted to join a convent.

5. At age fourteen, why did Henry sign an annulment to his betrothal?
(a) On the grounds that the bride-to-be was ill.
(b) On the grounds that the union was treasonous.
(c) On the grounds that the union no longer satisfied the parties involved.
(d) On the grounds that the union would be incestuous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wolsey arrange when a new organist came to Court?

2. Henry took his army to war with which country?

3. Who married a Spanish princess when Henry was ten-years-old?

4. Who was Bessie Blount?

5. The book begins with a series of letters written between Will Somers and whom?

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