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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Catherine Parr: Chapter 17, Necessity and the Widow, Chapter 18, Obedient to Husbands, Chapter 19, Farewell Admirable Queen, and Epilogue, What the King Lusted.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did Catherine Howard invite to live in her household when she married after Henry's death?
(a) Princess Mary.
(b) Henry's sister Margaret.
(c) Princess Elizabeth.
(d) Anna of Cleves.

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

4. What about Anne's personality quickly began to irritate the King after they married?
(a) Her scheming.
(b) Her temper tantrums.
(c) Her naivete.
(d) Her prudishness.

5. How did Henry and Catherine of Aragon feel about Emperor Charles' decision to marry?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Confused.
(c) Embarassed.
(d) Betrayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a part of the Boleyn family background?

2. Henry was buried with which wife?

3. Whom did Katherine Howard have an affair with when she was seventeen?

4. In the early 1520s, what became apparent about Catherine of Aragon?

5. After his wife's death, some believed that Henry VII wished to marry __________.

(see the answer key)

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