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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King Henry inform his son of in June 1503?

2. In which month does Katherine learn her son had died?

3. Why does Catalina send Doña Elvira away in 1504?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumor does Catalina's ambassador tell her in 1509? How does she react to this news?

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

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

4. What change does Katherine notice in Henry when she returns to court in "Greenwich Palace, May 1510"?

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

6. What do Katherine and Henry do during the summer of 1509?

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

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

9. What does Katherine do to get support from Rome against the Scottish raids?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry goes to great lengths to acquire an annulment from Katherine of Aragon. Discuss how he goes about doing this and why.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the marriage between Katherine and Henry. What does Katherine think of Henry before they marry? Does her opinion of him change as the years go on? How does Katherine's marriage to Henry compare to her marriage to Arthur?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the career of the author of the novel "The Constant Princess", Philippa Gregory. What other works has she written? Does she write in other genres? Is she respected in the literary world? What are some of the characteristics of her writing?

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