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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. Where does Wolsey propose to set up a religious council?
(a) Rome.
(b) Avignon.
(c) Ravenna.
(d) Clermont.

2. How many charges are prepared against Wolsey?
(a) 11.
(b) 44.
(c) 33.
(d) 22.

3. Which of the following titles does the King award his illegitimate son?
(a) Baron of Sussex.
(b) Lord Steward.
(c) Earl of Southwark.
(d) Duke of Somerset.

4. What post had Wolsey held?
(a) Lord Chancellor.
(b) Earl Marshal.
(c) Lord Exchequer.
(d) Lord Seneschal.

5. On which day does Cromwell meet with the Duke of Norfolk regarding employment?
(a) St. Hubert’s Day.
(b) St. Agnes’s Day.
(c) St. George’s Day.
(d) St. Hildegard’s Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom does Wolsey tell a story from his childhood?

2. What establishment does Cromwell’s sister and her husband operate?

3. Where does the novel report the legendary Arthur’s tomb to be?

4. Who had built the keep at Esher?

5. As which of the following does the novel gloss “hywl”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Clerke and Sumner die?

2. What message is conveyed by the award of a ring by the King to Wolsey?

3. What advice would Cromwell offer himself for Christmas, were he likely to take it?

4. Why can Cromwell’s sister and her husband not employ Cromwell?

5. How does Cromwell put nobles into his debt?

6. What prompts Anne Boleyn to first summon Cromwell?

7. Why is Wolsey jeered as he leaves after his dispossession?

8. Why does Cromwell’s son complain of his greyhounds?

9. How does Wolsey react to illness?

10. Per the novel, how was legendary Britain founded?

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