View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the last time recorded of Henry and Katherine sharing a bed?
(a) December 1528.
(b) May 1527.
(c) June 1529.
(d) October 1524.

2. What was the summit between King Henry VIII and King Francis I called?
(a) The Golden Field.
(b) The Field of Cloth of Gold.
(c) Frolics in the Field.
(d) The Golden Summit.

3. What fruit did Katherine of Aragon adopt as her personal badge?
(a) The orange.
(b) The pomegranate.
(c) The apple.
(d) The pear.

4. How many pregnancies did Katherine of Aragon go through between 1509 and 1515?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

5. On what story was the first pageant staged in the Tudor court based?
(a) Robin Hood.
(b) Noah's Ark.
(c) The Garden of Eden.
(d) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

6. Whose family chaplain did Thomas Cranmer become?
(a) Thomas Howard's.
(b) Stephen Gardiner's.
(c) Thomas Boleyn's.
(d) John Fisher's.

7. Where did Charles V go in February 1530 to be crowned?
(a) Madrid.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Bologna.

8. Where were Prince Arthur and Katherine of Aragon married?
(a) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(b) Windsor Castle.
(c) Westminster Abbey.
(d) The Tower of London.

9. On whom did Anne and her family plan to take revenge after she accepted the King's marriage proposal?
(a) Thomas Wyatt.
(b) Queen Katherine.
(c) Cardinal Wolsey.
(d) George Cavendish.

10. Who was the first man to whom Thomas Boleyn proposed to marry Anne?
(a) Henry Percy.
(b) Thomas Wyatt.
(c) James Butler.
(d) George Cavendish.

11. Who was King Henry VIII's first known mistress?
(a) Anne Boleyn.
(b) Elizabeth Blount.
(c) Mary Boleyn.
(d) Lady Elizabeth FitzWalter.

12. What was the title of Erasmus' book, written in 1526, with which Queen Katherine was impressed?
(a) "Utopia."
(b) "A Defence of the Seven Sacraments Against Martin Luther."
(c) "The Institution of Christian Marriage."
(d) "An Exhortation to Young Men."

13. What was the primary responsibility of a queen?
(a) To bear heirs.
(b) To manage the king's household.
(c) To entertain visiting dignitaries.
(d) To advise the king.

14. To whom did Anne become secretly engaged in 1523?
(a) Henry Percy.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) James Butler.
(d) Thomas Wyatt.

15. Who took over governing Castile when King Philip died in 1506?
(a) Princess Eleanor of Castile.
(b) Ferdinand of Aragon.
(c) Queen Juana of Castile.
(d) Prince Charles I of Castile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was not a title bestowed upon Prince Henry before his fifth birthday?

2. What title was bestowed upon Anne Boleyn in September, 1532?

3. Over what kind of game did the King get into an argument with a man he assumed to be a rival for Anne's affection?

4. Whose death in November, 1504, radically changed the political landscape of Europe?

5. What did Queen Katherine call herself while the King was courting Anne Boleyn?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 448 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample