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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 is the name of the ambassador from Venice?

2. How does the novel gloss “homo homini lupus”?

3. In what year does the comet come?

4. Who had held Hatfield?

5. Which of the following does Cromwell note can play a drum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Rafe to disclose his marriage to Cromwell?

2. Why does Kratzer lodge with Cromwell?

3. Why is Bainham set to be executed?

4. How does Anne Boleyn recommend handling Mary Tudor?

5. For what reason does Thomas Wyatt’s father account him brave?

6. Why is Reginald Pole a danger?

7. What story does Cromwell tell about his time with Giovannino?

8. Why does Cromwell hate More’s refusal to either swear the oath regarding succession or outright deny it?

9. What is the typical English diplomatic stance in the novel?

10. Why does Anne Boleyn posit that the Pope had refused Wolsey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Wolf Hall bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, many character share not only family names, which would be expected, but also given names. How does the repetition of names affect the reading?

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of Wolf Hall do so for the present novel? How or how not?

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