SparkNotes: Henry VIII: Review Test

1. Who were Henry VIII's parents?

(A) King Richard III and Catherine of Aragon

(B) King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

(C) King Henry VII and Elizabeth of Bosworth

(D) King Edward V and Elizabeth of York

2. Where was Henry's first wife born?

(A) France

(B) The Duchy of Cleves

(C) Spain

(D) Scotland

3. Henry needed which of the following to marry his brother's widow?

(A) A dispensation from the Pope

(B) A bill of attainder from Parliament

(C) Permission from his father

(D) Permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury

4. Henry's treatise Assertio Septem Sacramentorum, defended which of the following positions?

(A) The Roman Catholic Church is correct in its teachings on the seven sacraments.

(B) The Church of England is orthodox in its teachings on the seven sacraments.

(C) Lutheranism is correct in its denial of the doctrine of Transubstantiation.

(D) Holy matrimony is the most important sacrament in the Church.

5. Sir Thomas More lost his head for which of the following offenses?

(A) Accusing the king from the floor of Parliament for being a "detestable heretic".

(B) Refusing to acknowledge the king as Supreme Head of the Church of England

(C) Arranging a marriage alliance between Henry and the ugly and ill-mannered Anne of Cleves

(D) Defeating the king handily in a wrestling match

6. Henry signed the Treaty of Bruges with the Emperor Charles V in 1521 for which reason?

(A) To enter formally into the Holy League and wage war on the Papacy

(B) To please his wife, Catherine, who was a cousin of the Habsburg emperor

(C) To secure England's German possession, the Duchy of Cleves, which Henry reclaimed in the battle of Flodden

(D) To form an alliance against the the powerful French king, Francois I

7. Henry's first wife was the mother of which future monarch?

(A) King Henry IX

(B) King Edward VI

(C) Queen Mary I

(D) Queen Elizabeth I

8. Which act of Parliament declared Henry the Head of the Church of England?

(A) Act of Succession

(B) Act of Supplication

(C) Act of Supremacy

(D) Act of Submission

9. The Act of Appeals effectively did which of the following?

(A) Cut of all legal ties between the English Church and Rome

(B) Made it legal to appeal all common law cases in the Church courts

(C) Prohibited Roman Catholics from appealing their cases in the king's courts

(D) Formalized procedures for future appeals to the Papacy

10. Who became Henry's Viceregent in 1535?

(A) Thomas Wolsey

(B) Thomas Cranmer

(C) Thomas Howard

(D) Thomas Cromwell

11. The future King Edward VI was the son of which of Henry's many brides?

(A) Jane Seymour

(B) Anne Boleyn

(C) Katherine Howard

(D) Katherine Parr

12. In 1528, Henry declared war on which relative of his wife Catherine of Aragon?

(A) James V

(B) Francois I

(C) Charles V

(D) Maximillian I

13. Henry gave himself which title in 1540?

(A) King of Scotland

(B) Duke of Cleves

(C) King of Ireland

(D) Duke of Earl

14. Anne Askew was put to death in 1546 for which offense?

(A) Engaging in several extramarital affairs while she was married to the king

(B) Distributing illegal Protestant books to the people of London

(C) Praying at the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket

(D) Refusing to take the Oath of Succession

15. Henry's fifth wife was a niece of which political figure?

(A) Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester

(B) Thomas Cromwell

(C) Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk

(D) Emperor Charles V

16. What were the Ten Articles?

(A) Conditions of surrender for the Scots after their defeat at Solway Moss in

(B) Ten theological arguments presented in Henry's treatise, Assertio Septem Sacramentorum

(C) A list of charges against Thomas Cromwell, issued by Parliament

(D) Stated positions of the Church of England on fundamental points of faith

17. Why did the Pope name Henry –Defender of the Faith"?

(A) Henry's armies recaptured the Papal States from the French and returned the lands safely to the Pope

(B) Henry wrote an important theological treatise against the heresies of Martin Luther

(C) Henry executed Thomas More, a prominent supporter of Lutheranism

(D) Henry built a record number of monastaries and convents throughout England in a brief span of years

18. What years cover the span of Henry's life?

(A) 1485–1462

(B) 1491–1547

(C) 1500–1558

(D) 1515–1589

19. Who was Prince Arthur?

(A) A pretender to the throne whose armies were defeated at Solway Moss

(B) Henry's only legitimate male heir, the son of Jane Seymour

(C) Henry's older brother, whose death made Henry heir to the throne

(D) The son of the Scottish king James V, who was betrothed to the Princess Mary

20. What was the –Pilgrimage of Grace"?

(A) An annual journey Henry and his queen took to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket

(B) One of the Protestant texts Anne Askew distributed to the people of London

(C) A series of riots in London by Anabaptists and Lutherans

(D) A rebellion in northern England by farmers who resented the king's anti-Catholic policies

21. In Henry's time, the phrase Via Media, or –Middle Way", referred to which of the following?

(A) A series of compromises between the king and Parliament on their economic policies

(B) A form of Christianity in between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism

(C) A major road taken by the king and queen in their annual procession to the cathedral at Canterbury

(D) A place in France where Henry and Francois I negotiated peace treaties

22. Of the following individuals, who was NOT sentenced to death for religious reasons?

(A) Anne Askew

(B) John Lambert

(C) Katherine Howard

(D) Thomas More

23. Henry's break with Rome fostered a new political climate in England animated by which principle?

(A) Separation of Church and State

(B) Divine right of kings

(C) Absolute national sovereignty

(D) Parliamentary rule

24. Beginning in 1536, Henry's government began which major campaign throughout all of England?

(A) Constructing many new shrines to English saints such as Thomas Becket

(B) Burning down several major towns which resisted Henry's anti-Catholic policies

(C) Dissolving and destroying hundreds of monastaries and convents

(D) Breaking up the holdings of the great landlords and redistributing lands to the peasants

25. Henry's reign began in which year?

(A) 1491

(B) 1509

(C) 1515

(D) 1547

26. Who was Jane Seymour?

(A) A cousin of the king's who was the wife of on eof his chief ministers

(B) A young Protesant woman who was burned at the stake for heresy

(C) Henry's second wife, who was beheaded for alleged adultery

(D) Henry's third wife, mother of Prince Edward

27. Thomas Cromwell lost his head for which offense?

(A) Popery

(B) Arranging a disagreeable marriage between Henry and Anne of Cleves

(C) Refusing to take the Oath of Succession

(D) Adultery with the queen

28. Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, was imprisoned in the Tower of London for which offense?

(A) Refusing to acknowledge the legitimacy of Henry's second marriage

(B) Aiding and abetting the Scots in the wars of 1542–1545

(C) Planning to take over the government after Henry's death by making himself Edward's regent

(D) Heresy

29. Which of Henry's ministers headed up the conservative, catholic faction in the Privy Council later in the reign?

(A) More and Wolsey

(B) Cranmer and Cromwell

(C) Norfolk and Gardiner

(D) Cranmer and Seymour

30. Who were Sir Thomas Empson and Edmund Dudley?

(A) Financial ministers who were executed for extortion and treason early in Henry's reign

(B) Leaders of the conservative, catholic faction in the Privy Council late in Henry's reign

(C) Prominent Lutherans who were burned at the stake for treason

(D) Leaders of the rebellion known as the "Pilgrimage of Grace"

31. Henry married Anne of Cleves for which major reason?

(A) Her exceptional beauty and charm captured his heart

(B) To secure a male heir for the future succession

(C) He wished to patch up relations with a powerful Catholic nation in Europe

(D) To establish more friendly relations with German Protestant states

32. Who did Henry appoint as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533?

(A) Thomas Becket

(B) Stephen Gardiner

(C) William Warham

(D) Thomas Cranmer

33. Why did Cardinal Thomas Wolsey lose his position as Lord Chancellor in 1529?

(A) Henry had come to the conclusion, on the principle of separation of Church and State, that a cardinal should not hold the position of Lord Chancellor

(B) It was discovered that he had secretly been helping Lutherans

(C) His successor, Thomas More, supported Henry's plan to break with the Catholic Church

(D) He failed to secure Henry a divorce in his negotioations with the Pope

34. During his last year alive, Henry considered doing which of the following?

(A) Reuniting England with the Roman Catholic Church

(B) Invading Scotland to win personal glory

(C) Making his daughter Elizabeth heir to throne, rather than his son Edward

(D) Divorcing Katherine Parr, who was suspected of heresy

35. Under Henry's government, Protestant heresy was usually punished in what manner?

(A) Burning at the stake

(B) Drawing and quartering

(C) Beheading

(D) Life imprisonment

36. How many pf Henry's children became reigning monarchs of England?

(A) Three

(B) Two

(C) One

(D) None

37. What was the major social problem of Henry's reign?

(A) Urban unemployment

(B) Vagrancy

(C) Child-labor

(D) Rampant violent crime

38. What was the effective result of the 1533 Act of Appeals?

(A) It enabled defendants in common law courts to appeal their cases to the Church courts

(B) It legalized the appealing of court cases to Rome

(C) It cut off all legal ties to the Papacy

(D) It prohibited Roman Catholics from appealing their cases in the king's courts

39. As a teenager, Henry was generally not permitted to do which of the following activities?

(A) Sing and play instruments such as the harp

(B) Challenge the king's guards to archery contests

(C) Spend lots of time with his father to learn the administrative duties of kingship

(D) Study Roman Catholic theological texts

40. Who held Henry's hand as he passed away the night of his death?

(A) The princess Mary

(B) Sir Thomas More

(C) Archbishop Thomas Cranmer

(D) Bishop Stephen Gardiner

41. Which of Henry's six wives were beheaded?

(A) Second and third

(B) Second and fifth

(C) First and fifth

(D) Fifth and sixth

42. Henry met which European magnate on the Field of Cloth-of-gold in 1520?

(A) Pope Clement VII

(B) Emperor Charles V

(C) King Ferdinand I of Spain

(D) King Francois I of France

43. Which French city did Henry's armies capture in 1544?

(A) Paris

(B) Orleans

(C) Boulogne

(D) Ardres

44. Anne Boleyn was the mother of which English monarch?

(A) Mary I

(B) Henry VIII

(C) Elizabeth I

(D) Edward VI

45. Who was Henry's most beloved wife?

(A) Jane Seymour

(B) Catherine of Aragon

(C) Anne of Cleves

(D) Katherine Howard

46. In the early part of Henry's reign, who exercised the greatest amount of power over the government?

(A) The Archbishop of Canterbury

(B) Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

(C) Parliament

(D) Queen Catherine

47. Unlike France and Spain, sixteenth century England was ruled by what form of government?

(A) Constitutional monarchy

(B) Republic, with the king as a mere figurehead

(C) Absolute monarchy

(D) Theocracy, with the archbishops holding ultimate authority

48. Which decision did Archbishop announce at his court at Dunstable in May 1533?

(A) Thomas More should be executed for being a "detestable heretic"

(B) Henry's marriage with Catherine was false, and the marriage with Anne was true

(C) The See of Canterbury would resist Henry's attempts to break from Rome

(D) Princess Mary would remain the rightful heir to the throne

49. Which powers joined Henry in the alliance called the Holy League in 1511?

(A) Spain, Venice, the Holy Roman Empire

(B) France and Italy

(C) Several German states, including the Duchy of Cleves

(D) Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

50. Which pope refused to grant Henry his divorce from Queen Catherine?

(A) Julius II

(B) Innocent III

(C) Clement VII

(D) Leo X