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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. How many man have been executed while Thomas Wyatt has been imprisoned In Part 1?

2. In Part 3, "The Bleach Fields," what is the name of Jane's dog?

3. How many pages is the book that Reginald Pole writes in Part 1, "Salvage"?

4. In Part 2, "Augmentation," who is given a portion of the county of Devon from Richmond's possessions and holdings?

5. In Part 2, "The Five Wounds," how many men are said to be mounted and armed advancing on Lincoln?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the king want his daughter Mary to swear?

2. How did Cromwell defy Katherine in 1531?

3. What does the Duke of Richmond, Henry Fitzroy, wonder about his illness?

4. What happens when Cromwell negotiates for a wife for his son Gregory?

5. Who was Anne Boleyn?

6. Why was Henry Tudor's nephew killed?

7. What were the sayings of the Seven Wise Men of Greece?

8. In Part 3, "The Bleach Fields," what information does Cromwell give Thomas Avery in case something happens to him?

9. in Part 2, "Vile Blood," what does the king say about a king and about Parliament?

10. What are the events during and following the birth of Jane's child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 3

When an author uses dramatic irony, readers have information that characters do not. How does the author use dramatic irony in the book? How does dramatic irony increase tension in the novel?

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