The Boleyn Inheritance Trivia Quiz

Answer: Henry dressed up in disguise and kissed Anne.

Anne has never seen Henry before. When an old man bursts into her room and kisses her, she has no idea that it is her bridegroom. She pushes him away in obvious repulsion and spits out the taste of him. It is believed that this is what dooms their marriage. Jane Boleyn believes that at this moment, Henry saw himself for what he really was.

A sick old man who stinks from his infected leg.

Answer: Thomas Cromwell

The Cleves marriage was considered to be a triumph for Thomas Cromwell. He arranged the alliance with Cleves so that England would have an ally against France and Spain. When Henry decides that he does not like Anne, it proves to be Cromwell's downfall. He is later executed.

Answer: She didn't have a proper gown.

Katherine and Francis exchange their vows after church one day at her grandmother's house. There were no witness' and no priest. However, Katherine states in several places in the book that she doesn't think the vows were binding because she wasn't wearing a proper gown.

She thought they were daydreaming. She felt that later, when she had a proper gown, they would get married for real. Until of course she is ready to marry Henry, in which case she dismisses it is as daydreams and child's play.

Answer: Tell them goodbye.

Mary tells Anne that Henry has never told any of his wives goodbye. Even Jane Seymour who died giving him a son. Mary said that Henry was hard hearted but not hard faced. He can't bear to see a woman cry. As the tension mounts with Anne and her situation she becomes fixated on the fact that she will never have warning when Henry is ready to be rid of her.

Answer: Rose without a thorn

Katherine isn't very fond of Henry's nickname for her because she believes it is a name a man would give his daughter. She doesn't think of it as a lover's nickname at all.

Answer: Thomas Cromwell

Katherine was not pleased that Cromwell was executed on her wedding day. Not only does she feel it is a very poor gift for a bride, but she is irritated that it is all anyone can talk about. Thomas Culpepper and Francis Dereham are both executed later in the novel. Anne of Cleves retires to Richmond Palace.

Answer: All of the these are true

Jane Boleyn is not very comforting to Katherine as she dresses her in her nightgown. In addition to calling her all of these things, she also tells Katherine: "Everyone knows that you don't matter at all in this."

Answer: To marry a duke.

Jane asks the Duke of Norfolk to marry her to a duke. She is ready to marry again and wants a more prominent title. She also fantasizes about having more children and building a dynasty. Although the Duke tells her several times that he is in the process of finding her a husband, he is lying.

In the end, when he betrays her, he tells her that no man would dare to have her. Not after she had played such a large part in the execution of her first husband, George Boleyn.

Answer: the executioner's block

Katherine is always worried about not knowing what is going to happen. She is notorious for wanting to practice things. She knows that several hundred people will be at her execution and she wants to practice laying her head on the block.

Answer: Anne of Cleves

Thomas Cromwell was executed for treason. Francis Dereham and Thomas Culpepper were executed because they had been lovers of the queen, which is considered treason. Anne of Cleves, however, lives on. The last chapter of the book is told in her point of view and she tells of the death of Henry VIII.