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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 was the summit between King Henry VIII and King Francis I called?
2. How did King Henry VIII prefer to be addressed?
3. In what province were the Spanish royal children raised?
4. What was the title of Henry VIII's treatise?
5. In what year was the most recent biography, before Weir's, of Henry VIII's wives written?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused Anne Boleyn's enmity for Cardinal Wolsey?
2. Describe the Princess Mary's childhood.
3. What were the two main factors that converged in 1527 to spur King Henry VIII to action regarding the dissolution of his marriage to Katherine of Aragon?
4. Why was King Henry VII so eager to marry his eldest son to one of Spain's princesses?
5. How did Anne Boleyn persuade the King of England to propose marriage to her?
6. Why was the Pope involved in Katherine of Aragon's betrothal to Prince Henry?
7. What complaints did King Henry VIII lodge against Katherine of Aragon in a letter sent by his Privy Council?
8. What was Katherine's main point of contention with the legatine court?
9. Describe Katherine of Aragon's journey from her home in Spain to England.
10. From where did Weir get the information she used to write "The Six Wives of Henry VIII"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Religious conflict is one of the major themes that runs throughout this text. Please discuss the effects this conflict had on the wives of Henry VIII, including their public reception and the ways in which they were used, before and after their marriages, by those around the King to promote one side of the conflict.
Essay Topic 2
Please discuss how the Renaissance affected the events of the reign of Henry VIII and his wives. For instance, Erasmus and humanism were an enormous part of the Renaissance. What was humanism and how did that philosophy play out in court? What other major components of the Renaissance made an impact on the lives of English royalty?
Essay Topic 3
In a coherent essay, discuss the merits of the justice meted out to Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, and Katherine Howard. Was it actually justice? In whose eyes? How were the cases similar? Different? Support your answers.
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