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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Henry name the child that his mistress gave birth to?
(a) Edward.
(b) Henry Fitzroy.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Arthur.

2. 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.

3. What ailment caused Katherine constant pain by the time she was forty-years-old?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) A bad back.
(c) A festering sore.
(d) A lame leg.

4. 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 he and his wife could be crowned together.
(d) So that the public could not object to his bride.

5. What did Henry name his daughter, born of Katherine's sixth pregnancy?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Catherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How soon after the coronation did Katherine become pregnant?

2. What did Henry realize had happened when the King of France sent him a reply to a letter?

3. As a child, what did Henry's mother have planned for his adult life?

4. In what year did Henry VIII die?

5. Which of Henry's brothers was heir to become king before him?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, who does Will Somers carry out a correspondence with, and what news does he share in his letters?

2. What was the public response to Henry when he inherited the throne?

3. For what reasons were Henry and his brother Arthur envious of each other?

4. What prompted Henry to send Anne Boleyn back to her family home, Hever?

5. What was significant about the letter Henry received from the King of France right after becoming King?

6. After Henry became King, what gift did King Louis of France send to him during Christmas, and how did Henry react to it?

7. What did Henry discover about Wolsey at the Lark's Morning inn?

8. At age eleven, how did Henry feel about being betrothed to Katherine of Aragon?

9. Why was Katherine forced by Henry to renounce her father?

10. What information did Wolsey give Henry about the possibility of divorcing Katherine?

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