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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Anne Boleyn: Chapter 9, Hail Anna! and Chapter 10, The Most Happy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author hope to do in "The Wives of Henry VIII"?
(a) Show her readers who the wives of Henry VIII really were.
(b) Prove the rumors right.
(c) Present the lives of Henry's wives in a more dramatic way.
(d) Present a comprehensive look of Henry VIII's life.

2. After the birth of his child with Anne Boleyn, what did Henry immediately start to think about?
(a) Ending his marriage to Anne Boleyn.
(b) Arranging a marriage for the child.
(c) Going to war in Europe.
(d) Where the child should be sent to be educated.

3. Why was Anne brought back to England around 1521?
(a) So that a marriage could be arranged for her.
(b) She had been misbehaving.
(c) She was invited to live in Henry's court.
(d) Her mother had died.

4. What helped Anne Boleyn's father make a name for himself?
(a) His knowledge of languages.
(b) His successes on the battlefield.
(c) His money-making skills.
(d) His political savvy.

5. As Henry sought to end his marriage to Catherine, what did Cardinal Wolsey suggest she should do?
(a) Confess that her marriage to Arthur was consummated.
(b) Return to Spain.
(c) Make Henry arrange another marriage for her.
(d) Enter a convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book of the Bible contained a passage which Henry used as grounds for divorce?

2. What did Catherine of Aragon receive which many of her contemporaries did not?

3. After the birth of Anne and Henry's first child, what was required to be altered to reflect the child's sex?

4. What did Henry expect would happen if he married Anne Boleyn?

5. After Henry had banished Catherine of Aragon, what did he refuse to allow her to do?

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