What was the name of the man who helped Catherine of Aragon argue her (ultimately failed) case against divorce from Henry VIII?
  • Thomas Seymour
  • Henry Empson
  • Eustace Chapuys
  • Philippe Knoylls
Which of Henry’s wives did Eustace Chapuys describe as “of middle stature and no great beauty, so fair that one would call her rather pale than otherwise”?
  • Anne Boleyn
  • Jane Seymour
  • Anne of Cleves
  • Catherine Howard
What did Anne Boleyn nearly die of in 1528, eight years before her execution by beheading?
  • Smallpox
  • Typhoid
  • The sweating sickness
  • Complications during the birth of Elizabeth
Henry was accused of sleeping with the sister and mother of which of his wives?
  • Catherine of Aragon
  • Anne Boleyn
  • Catherine Howard
  • Katherine Parr
What foodstuff from Calais did Henry order for a pregnant Jane Seymour whenever she desired it?
  • Cherries
  • Thickly sliced venison
  • Porpoise
  • Fat quails
What honorific did Henry award Anne of Cleves after she acquiesced to the divorce?
  • His ‘sister’
  • His ‘maiden former spouse’
  • His ‘cousin’
  • His ‘treasured companion’
Which part of Hampton Court Palace does Catherine Howard’s ghost reportedly haunt?
  • The ‘ghostly garderobe’
  • The ‘haunted gallery’
  • The ‘cursed bedchamber’
  • The ‘grey lawn’
Which two of Henry’s wives reportedly came to blows?
  • Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn
  • Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour
  • Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard
  • Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr
How did Katherine Parr go further than Henry’s other wives in expressing her religious feelings?
  • She circulated banned religious books amongst her ladies-in-waiting
  • She tried to manipulate the king into agreeing to more radical religious reforms
  • She advanced the careers of favoured clergymen
  • She wrote and published devotional books
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