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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Henry hear Will Somers sharing crude observations with?
(a) Wool merchants.
(b) Anne Boleyn and her brother, George.
(c) The Court's musicians.
(d) A group of ladies-in-waiting.

2. Which of the following did Henry say he would NOT make Anne Boleyn become?
(a) His lover.
(b) His mistress.
(c) His confidante.
(d) His friend.

3. What happened to the third child Katherine delivered?
(a) It was born too early and dies.
(b) It was healthy.
(c) It was born deformed and taken away.
(d) It was stillborn.

4. Who did Henry ask to marry him after his father's death?
(a) Mary Boleyn.
(b) Bessie Blount.
(c) Catherine Parr.
(d) Katherine of Aragon.

5. What did Henry vow to do for his country on the day of his coronation?
(a) Bring peace to the people.
(b) Make it wealthy.
(c) Conquer the world in England's name.
(d) Everything he could.

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

7. Who was Bessie Blount?
(a) Henry's childhood nurse.
(b) A popular singer.
(c) A woman Henry took as a mistress.
(d) A Tudor cousin.

8. Who married a Spanish princess when Henry was ten-years-old?
(a) Arthur.
(b) The French King.
(c) Henry's father.
(d) Henry.

9. What self-penned book did More present Henry with at Christmas?
(a) Defence of the Seven Sacraments.
(b) Utopia.
(c) On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church.
(d) Wars of the Roses.

10. After his brother's death, what statement did Henry admit "colors his entire life"?
(a) That power is an aphrodesiac.
(b) That family has no meaning for a monarch.
(c) That a king can have no friends.
(d) That death is "hungry" for the heir to the throne.

11. What did More insist he would have to say if Henry presented him with a gift?
(a) Get thee behind me Satan.
(b) Thank you.
(c) Thou shalt not make for yourself an idol.
(d) Four Hail Marys.

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

13. During Christmas festivities, what did Henry receive from the King of France?
(a) A bejewelled sword.
(b) A rancid meat pie.
(c) A dead songbird.
(d) A silver harp.

14. Why did Henry want to marry by private ceremony before his coronation?
(a) So that the Privy Council had no involvement in choosing his bride.
(b) So that he could marry as a common man.
(c) So that the public could not object to his bride.
(d) So that he and his wife could be crowned together.

15. What did Henry worry about concerning the man Bessie married?
(a) That he will claim Henry's son as his own.
(b) That he will go mad.
(c) That he will plot against Henry for the throne.
(d) That he will abuse Bessie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Katherine said she would enter a convent and become a nun only if Henry did what?

2. Why did it anger Henry when Anne Boleyn's father refused to allow her to return to Court after Wolsey had ordered her away?

3. After instructing him to find out the costs of going to war, where did Henry find Wolsey staying?

4. Who did Henry try to hide his interest in Anne Boleyn from?

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

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