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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. Which of these was not a formal reason given for the annulment of King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves?
(a) Anne of Cleves' adultery.
(b) A probable precontract between Anne of Cleves and the Duke of Lorraine.
(c) The King's lack of consent to the marriage.
(d) The non-consummation of the marriage.

2. Who was executed at the Tower of London on July 28, 1540?
(a) Thomas Cranmer.
(b) Thomas Cromwell.
(c) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(d) Geoffrey Pole.

3. On what day did King Henry VIII first meet Anne of Cleves?
(a) Christmas Day, 1539.
(b) New Year's Day, 1540.
(c) January 6, 1540.
(d) January 2, 1540.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "Valor Ecclesiasticus"?

2. What was the title of Katherine's treatise on Christian behavior?

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

4. Which of these men arrested in conjunction with Queen Anne's alleged crimes was arrested, but never charged?

5. Who went mad in the Tower of London?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons would Katherine Parr have had for not wanting to marry King Henry VIII?

2. How did King Henry VIII first meet his fiancee, Anne of Cleves?

3. What aroused Katherine Parr's suspicions of her husband, Thomas Seymour?

4. How was the succession left in King Henry VIII's will?

5. Describe the coronation ceremony of Anne Boleyn.

6. What urgent matter diverted the Privy Council's attention from the executions of Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpeper in December, 1541?

7. How did Katherine Howard react to the Bill of Attainder against her?

8. On what grounds was King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves dissolved?

9. In March, 1536, what incident changed the course of King Henry VIII's affair with Jane Seymour?

10. Describe the journey of Queen Anne from Greenwich to the Tower of London.

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