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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Mary Tudor born?
(a) 1518.
(b) 1517.
(c) 1516.
(d) 1515.

2. Which office does More come to hold?
(a) Lord Exchequer.
(b) Lord Seneschal.
(c) Earl Marshal.
(d) Lord Chancellor.

3. For which port does Cromwell make when first leaving his hometown?
(a) Dover.
(b) Holyhead.
(c) Portsmouth.
(d) Liverpool.

4. Whom does Cromwell’s daughter intend to marry?
(a) Rafe.
(b) Cristophe.
(c) Gergory.
(d) Richard.

5. With whom had Tyndale lodged?
(a) Virgil Compton.
(b) Reginald Barclay.
(c) Humphrey Monmouth.
(d) Benedict Catherington.

6. Where does the novel report the legendary Arthur’s tomb to be?
(a) Tintagel.
(b) Hereford.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Glastonbury.

7. From which of the following does Cromwell borrow a change of clothes?
(a) Brown's Inn.
(b) Gray's Inn.
(c) White's Inn.
(d) Black's Inn.

8. From what saint do the Tudors claim descent?
(a) Ælflæda.
(b) Helena.
(c) Brigid.
(d) Edith.

9. Which of the following had Cromwell called “a doghole”?
(a) Thérouanne.
(b) Blendecques.
(c) Audruicq.
(d) Fauquembergues.

10. As which of the following does the novel gloss “Diolch am yr arian”?
(a) “Thank you and good night.”
(b) “Thank you for the money.”
(c) “Give me all your money.”
(d) “Thanks for all the fish.”

11. Which of the following serves Anne Boleyn as a musician?
(a) Mark.
(b) Matthew.
(c) John.
(d) Luke.

12. What position does Gardiner occupy with respect to the King?
(a) Physician.
(b) Supervisor.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Confessor.

13. What title is held by the messenger the King dispatches to Wolsey?
(a) Groom of the Stool.
(b) Gentleman Butler.
(c) Keeper of the Ravens.
(d) Yeoman of the Guard.

14. Which of the following oversees Wolsey’s dispossession?
(a) Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Duke of York.
(c) Duke of Essex.
(d) Duke of Wessex.

15. Which of the following is Wolsey’s treasurer?
(a) Cumberbatch.
(b) Gascoigne.
(c) Cavendish.
(d) Castiglione.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cromwell live when he took the Sadler boy into his household?

2. On what count is Cromwell bitten by a snake?

3. What is the name of Thomas Cromwell’s father?

4. Which of the following does Cromwell train to assist with his finances?

5. What name does Cromwell give his dog?

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