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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did King Henry VIII present to Anne Boleyn in August, 1533?
(a) A jeweled coronet.
(b) A fancy velvet saddle.
(c) A French bed.
(d) A christening gown.

2. Who expressed sorrow to the King after hearing of Anne's arrest?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Thomas Cranmer.
(c) Jane Seymour.
(d) Thomas Cromwell.

3. What illness did King Henry VIII suspect Katherine was suffering from?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Plague.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Dropsy.

4. To whom did Katherine of Aragon dictate a letter the night before she died?
(a) Her daughter, Mary.
(b) The Spanish ambassador, Chapuys.
(c) King Henry VIII.
(d) Her nephew, Charles V.

5. On what did King Henry VIII have a reference engraved to his rose without a thorn?
(a) A silver loving cup.
(b) His sword.
(c) His suit of armor.
(d) A gold medal.

6. Where was Anne of Cleves buried?
(a) Syon Abbey.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) The Tower of London.

7. With which wife did King Henry VIII choose to be buried?
(a) Jane Seymour.
(b) Katherine of Aragon.
(c) Anne Boleyn.
(d) Katherine Parr.

8. Who died a full traitor's death on December 10, 1541?
(a) Thomas Culpeper.
(b) Francis Dereham.
(c) Henry Madox.
(d) Lady Rochford.

9. Who went mad in the Tower of London?
(a) The Duchess Dowager of Norfolk.
(b) Katherine Howard.
(c) Lady Jane Rochford.
(d) Thomas Culpeper.

10. Whose plan was it to accuse Anne Boleyn of adultery and treason?
(a) Jane Seymour's.
(b) Henry VIII's.
(c) Thomas Cromwell's.
(d) Thomas Cranmer's.

11. Which of these was not issued from Pope Clement in the summer of 1533?
(a) A validation of King Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon.
(b) A statement claiming King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn was null and void.
(c) An official censure of Henry's refusal to follow his decrees.
(d) An annulment of the proceedings of the Dunstable court.

12. What was the title of Katherine's treatise on Christian behavior?
(a) "Le Miroir de l'ame Pecheresse."
(b) "Treatise of Three Conversions of England."
(c) "The Lamentations of a Sinner."
(d) "The Supplication of Beggars."

13. Who became Lord Chancellor in April, 1544?
(a) Sir Thomas Seymour.
(b) Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
(c) Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton..
(d) Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.

14. Where did King Henry VIII develop a wound that never healed?
(a) His leg.
(b) His shoulder.
(c) His foot.
(d) His arm.

15. Which of these abbeys was not closed in the spring of 1540?
(a) Christchurch.
(b) Rochester.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these women was not one of Queen Katherine's attendants?

2. What did Katherine of Aragon refuse to surrender to Anne Boleyn?

3. What was the color of mourning in Spain?

4. Which of these women was not part of Katherine Parr and Thomas Seymour's household?

5. How many husbands did Katherine Parr have before King Henry VIII?

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