The Six Wives of Henry VIII TEST
The house of Tudor is probably my favorite royal house of all time. After all my favorite monarch from this house is Queen Elizabeth I but this test is about her father and his wives.
Good Luck and Enjoy!
Catherine of Aragon
1. Where and when was she born?
a) October 14, 1485 at Castille
b) November 15, 1485 at Lisbon
c) December 16, 1485 at Archbishop's Palace, Alcala de Henares
d) January 17, 1485 at Grenada
2. She could do what in Spanish and Latin?
a) Speak
b) Read
c) Write
d) All of the Above
3. How long was Catherine Queen of England?
a) 24 Days
b) 24 Weeks
c) 24 Months
d) 24 Years
4. How many days separated her death and her predecessors’ death?
a) 4 Months, 12 Days
b) 4 Weeks, 2 Days
c) 4 Years, 1 Day
d) A Few Hours
Anne Boleyn
5. What castle was Anne born in?
a) Windsor
b) Hever
c) Greenwich
d) Richmond
6. Her mother Elizabeth came from the noble Howard family. Which title did they hold?
a) Cambridge
b) York
c) Norfolk
d) Cornwall
7. How many months pregnant was Anne at her marriage to Henry VIII?
a) 4 Days
b) 4 Weeks
c) 4 Months
d) 4 Minutes
8. Who was NOT present at her execution?
a) Henry VIII
b) Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond
c) Archbishop of Canterbury
d) Thomas Cromwell
Jane Seymour
9. When was Jane born?
a) July 21, 1508
b) August 22, 1508
c) September 23, 1508
d) October 24, 1508
10. Jane was maid-of-honor to how many queen consorts of Henry?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
11. Following Anne Boleyn’s execution how many days was it before she and Henry were married?
a) 10 Days
b) 10 Weeks
c) 10 Months
d) 10 Minutes
12. After delivering the future Edward VI how long was it before she died?
a) 12 Days
b) 12 Weeks
c) 12 Hours
d) 12 Months
Anne of Cleves
13. Prior to her marriage to Henry whom was Anne betrothed to?
a) Francis King of France
b) Francis Prince of Spain
c) Francis Duke of Lorraine
d) Francis Archduke of Austria
14. Who painted the portrait that Henry used to decide to marry Anne?
a) Hans von Hans
b) Hans Gruber
c) Hans Holbein the Elder
d) Hans Holbein the Younger
15. Whose coronation did Anne live to see?
(Hint: This was her last public appearance)
a) Elizabeth I
b) Mary I
c) James I
d) Edward VI
16. Where did Anne die?
a) Her homeland of Cleves
b) Chelsea Manor
c) Greenwich Palace
d) Windsor Castle
Catherine Howard
17. How were Catherine Howard and Anne Boleyn related?
a) Catherine’s father and Anne’s mother are brother and sister
b) They Are Sisters
c) No Relation
d) Catherine’s father married Thomas Boleyn’s sister
18. When her father Lord Edmund Howard went to Calais she went to live with whom?
a) Henry VIII
b) Lord and Lady Latimer
c) Dowager Duchess of Norfolk
d) Princess Dowager Catherine
19. Whom did Catherine have affairs with BEFORE and AFTER her marriage to Henry VIII?
a) Francis Dereham
b) Henry Mannox
c) Thomas Cromwell
d) Thomas Culpepper
20. Who assisted Catherine in her affair with Culpepper?
a) Henry VIII
b) Louis of France
c) Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford
d) No One She Did It On Her Own
Catherine Parr
21. Catherine was how old when she married her first (of four husbands) Edward Borough, 2nd Baron Borough of Gainsborough?
a) 16
b) 17
c) 18
d) 19
22. What year saw Catherine and her second husband John Neville, 3rd Baron Latymer held hostage during The Pilgrimage of Grace?
a) 1536
b) 1535
c) 1537
d) 1534
23. For three months, from July to September 1544, Henry appointed Catherine regent as he went on his last, unsuccessful, campaign in what country?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Poland
d) Germany
24. What was her only child’s name?
a) Elizabeth
b) Catherine
c) Anne
d) Mary
25. With the exception of Catherine of Aragon (who died at 50) how old were Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr when they died? (In Order of Marriage)
a) 36, 29, 41, 21, 36
b) 35, 28, 40, 20, 35
c) 34, 27, 39, 19, 34
d) 33, 26, 38, 18, 33
BONUS
QUEST IONS
Questions A re Wor th 20 P oints
It’s a known fact that Henry VIII had mistresses.
Question 1: Who were they?
Question 2: What were the children who came from these relationships named?
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