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King Henry VIII

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which wife gave Henry the son and heir who wanted?

a)

Jane Seymour

b)

Anne Boleyn

c)

Anne of Cleves

d)

Katherine Parr

2.

What was the name of Henry's first wife, mother of Mary?

a)

Catherine of Aragon

b)

Anne Boleyn

c)

Catherine Howard

d)

Anne of Cleves

3.

What was the English Reformation which Henry started?

a)

The Church of England breaking away from the Pope and the Catholic church

b)

Letting daughters become queens before sons became kings

c)

A book of new laws for the country

d)

A record of people, land and animals

4.

Why did he want to divorce his first wife?

a)

She was too ugly

b)

She was too old

c)

She was tired of her

d)

She had borne no male children

5.

Which of these were results of Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church? (select THREE)

a)

he beheaded his first three wives

b)

Henry created the Church of England and became its head

c)

Henry took control of former Catholic properties

d)

England became a Protestant country

e)

England went to war with Kingdom of Germany

6.

Henry VIII had both his 2nd wife ​ (a)   and his 5th wife ​ (b)   beheaded for committing adultery. Ironically they were both ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words

Anne Boleyn

Catherine Howard

Anne of Cleves

Katherine Parr

Catherine of Aragon

cousins

sisters

friends

7.

What role did Henry VIII play in the religious transformation of England?

a)

He led the movement to translate the Bible into English.

b)

He maintained a strict adherence to Catholic doctrine.

c)

He initiated the English Reformation by separating from the Catholic Church.

d)

He founded the Jesuit Order to promote Catholic education.

8.

Who succeeded Henry VIII as the monarch of England?

a)

Mary I

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Edward VI

d)

James I

9.

Match the following

a)

Henry VIII

1.

Elizabeth's father

b)

Anne Boleyn

2.

Elizabeth's mother

c)

Mary I

3.

Elizabeth's sister

d)

Edward

4.

Elizabeth's brother

e)

Tudor

5.

Elizabeth's last name

10.

After Creating the Church of England, Henry married his 2nd wife ​ (a)   . Anne was 27 years old and much younger than his first wife ​ (b)   . Anne Boleyn had one daughter. Her name was ​ (c)   but she did not give Henry a male ​ (d)   Anne was arrested for committing ​ (e)   and was beheaded at the Tower of London. Henry got engaged a day later to Jane Seymour who became his favorite wife.

Choose from the below words

Anne Boleyn

Catherine of Aragon

Elizabeth

heir.

adultery

Anne of Cleves

Mary

bribery

11.

How many wives did

King Henry have?

a)

90

b)

3

c)

18

d)

6

12.

Who was Catherine of Aragon's previously married to??

a)

Henry's Brother

b)

Henry's Dad

c)

her own brother

d)

Henry was her first husband

13.

Two of Henry's wives were beheaded. Which of them?

a)

Anne of Cleves

b)

Catherine Howard

c)

Anne Boleyn

d)

Katherine of Aragon

14.

What is Henry's family name?

a)

House of Stuart

b)

House of Windsor

c)

House of Hanover

d)

House of Tudor

15.

How many wives did Henry have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

16.

What is the rhyme to remember the order of Henry's wives?

a)

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

b)

Divorced, died, divorced, died, beheaded, divorced

c)

Died, died, divorced, beheaded, divorced, survived

d)

Divorced, died, beheaded, died, divorced, died

17.

Why did Henry VIII divorce Anne of Cleves?

a)

She didn't give him a child

b)

She didn't look like the portrait that he had painted of her

c)

She was too old

d)

He loved someone else

18.

What church did King Henry VIII start?

a)

The Saint Lutheran Church

b)

The Roman Catholic Church

c)

The Church of England

d)

The East Orthodox Church

19.

Why did Henry create his own church?

a)

To divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon

b)

He wanted to

c)

To behead his wife Catherine of Aragon

d)

To marry her

20.

Who was Henry's favourite wife?

a)

Anne Boleyn

b)

Catherine Howard

c)

Jane Seymour

d)

Catherine Parr

21.

What were the names of his children?

a)

Mary, Rose and William

b)

Jane, Katherine and John

c)

Mary, Elizabeth and Edward

d)

Elizabeth, Victoria and George

22.

What was the main reason King Henry VIII established the Church of England?

a)

To gain more political power

b)

To annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon

c)

To unite England under one religion

d)

To oppose the Protestant Reformation

23.

Which of the following was a significant impact of King Henry VIII's reign on England's religious landscape?

a)

The establishment of the Anglican Church

b)

The spread of Catholicism

c)

The rise of Puritanism

d)

The decline of Protestantism

24.

Who was the mother of King Henry VIII's only legitimate son?

a)

Anne Boleyn

b)

Catherine of Aragon

c)

Jane Seymour

d)

Catherine Parr

25.

What was the fate of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII's second wife?

a)

She died of natural causes

b)

She was exiled to France

c)

She was beheaded

d)

She became a nun