Dissolution of the Monasteries

How many monasteries were there in England in the 1530s?

• Around 100
• Around 500
• Around 800
• Around 1000

What is the difference between a Monk and a Friar?

• Monks were monastery leaders and Friars the ordinary members. 
• Monks lived secluded lives whilst Friars went out into the world.
• Monks were men and Friars were women.
• Monks were ordained and Friars were lay preachers.

What was the function of the Monastery in the community?

• Monasteries were for prayers to be said for the community to get through purgatory to heaven.
• Monasteries were for prayers to be said for the Pope to get through purgatory to heaven.
• Monasteries were for prayers to be said for the community to get riches and money .
• Monasteries were for prayers to be said for the King to get through purgatory to heaven.

Which activity dominated the day of a Benedictine monk and took precedence over all other jobs?

• Copying Bibles
• Hearing confessions
• Work in the fileds
• Prayer

How were people informed that it was time to pray?

• Whistles
• A call from a Minaret 
• Bells
• Town cryer

Thomas Cromwell organised the 'valor ecclesiasticus'. What was it? 

• A survey of the orders of warrior monks.
• The enforcement of monks and nuns uniform requirements.
• A survey of the strength of monastic buildings in case of war. 
• A survey of the finances of the church in England, Wales and some parts of Ireland in 1535.

For Henry VIII, what was the proof that he could not, and technically was not, actually be married to Catherine of Aragon? (because of her prior marriage to his brother Arthur)

• His belief in the work of Luther.
• Their lack of a son.
• His ill-health
• Catherine's catholicism

How could you describe the roles of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in the break with Rome and the Dissolution of the Monasteries?

• Henry VIII and Cromwell came up with the ideas and Cardinal Wolsey dealt with practicalities.  
• Cromwell had the big ideas, Henry VIII oversaw the practicalities.
• Henry had ideas, Cromwell pointed out the problems and together they came up with compromises. 
• Henry has the big ideas, Cromwell dealt with the practicalities.

What was the 1536 'Pilgrimage of Grace' rebellion a protest about?

• The dissolution of the monasteries.
• Henry's divorce from Catherine
• Henry's execution of Anne Boleyn
• Henry's break from Rome.

What happened to the monks and

• Some got pensions
• Some converted to the Church of England
• Some got married
• All of the above