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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters LXXXVII through CXIV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Thomas More resign from his role as Chancellor?
(a) He could not embrace Henry's policies.
(b) He was too ill to take on the duties.
(c) He could not work with the erratic King.
(d) He wanted to spend more time with his family.

2. How long did Wolsey promise Bessie she could live with her son, Henry Fitzroy?
(a) Only until a legitimate male heir to the throne was born.
(b) Only until Henry Fitzroy was ten-years-old.
(c) Only until he was weaned.
(d) Only until Henry divorced Katherine.

3. When Henry arranged a tryst with Anne, what excuse for not meeting him did Anne send to Henry in a note?
(a) She feared for her integrity if she met him.
(b) Her father disapproved of her meeting the King.
(c) She could not disrespect the Queen by meeting him.
(d) She was ill.

4. In what year did Henry VIII die?
(a) 1554.
(b) 1550.
(c) 1558.
(d) 1547.

5. As a child, what did Henry's mother have planned for his adult life?
(a) He would join the military.
(b) He would serve his brother.
(c) He would enter the priesthood.
(d) He would go abroad and marry a princess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Henry hear Will Somers sharing crude observations with?

2. What did Henry name his daughter, born of Katherine's sixth pregnancy?

3. On what grounds was Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled?

4. After being introduced to Thomas More, where did he and Henry spend an evening together?

5. Henry stated that when growing up, the young men around him didn't realize he was heir to the throne. What does Will Somers interject is the tendency of most kings?

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