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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 does Catalina pledge to Arthur following her coronation?
(a) That she will carry out the plans he made as he prepared to be king.
(b) That in her heart she will never truly be Harry's wife.
(c) That she will rule then join him in the garden where he waits.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

2. What does Harry note while making love to Catalina for the first time?
(a) There is not enough resistance.
(b) She says Arthur's name.
(c) She is definitely a virgin.
(d) She seems very uncomfortable.

3. Why are Catalina and Harry married quietly?
(a) Out of respect for Arthur.
(b) To keep the public from arguing against the match,
(c) Because the marriage is not approved of by the church.
(d) Out of respect for the recently deceased king.

4. How many times a day does Henry often disobey the rules of confinement to visit Katherine and their newborn son?
(a) Two times.
(b) Five times.
(c) Twenty times
(d) Ten times.

5. What secret does Katherine conceal as she leads the English army against the Scots?
(a) Her pregnancy.
(b) Her illness.
(c) Her injury.
(d) Her lack of knowledge of naval warfare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Catalina react when Henry proposes to her in winter, 1503?

2. Why does Henry not believe his affair is a sin?

3. How does Katherine dissuade Henry from joining her father's invasion campaign?

4. How many ships does Henry have built for his campaign against France?

5. What does Katherine regrettably begin to notice while awaiting the birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Henry claim that his affair with Anne Stafford is not a sin?

2. How does Catalina go about planning Harry's grandmother's funeral?

3. How does Catalina gain the trust of the King? How do his subjects treat her as a result of this trust?

4. Why does Catalina ask the King about the rule of lineage in the winter of 1503?

5. How does Catalina react when King Henry proposes to her?

6. What happens to Catalina's family when her mother dies?

7. When Katherine tells Henry that she was not still pregnant after all in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510", what does Henry worry? What does Katherine later pray for?

8. What observations does Catalina make about Harry when she is summoned to dine with the family in 1503?

9. How does Katherine dissuade Henry from joining her father in an invasion of the Moors?

10. What tips does the Moorish doctor give Katherine to increase her chances of becoming pregnant?

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