Anne Boleyn's Fall Quiz - The Tudor Society

I'm sure you will have seen my posts counting down to Anne Boleyn's execution over on our sister site, The Anne Boleyn Files, so here's a chance to test your knowledge.

Anne Boleyn's Fall

Q1) Who was the first person to be arrested in the coup against the Queen?

Mark Smeaton

Henry Norris

Francis Weston

George Boleyn

Correct! Smeaton was a court musician.

Wrong! It was Mark Smeaton, court musician.

Q2) Mark Smeaton was taken to a property owned by Thomas Cromwell for questioning. Where was this house?

Austin Friars

Chelsea

Stepney

Putney

Correct!

Wrong! It was in Stepney

Q3) Which of the men arrested and charged with adultery with the Queen was actually questioned by Henry VIII?

Francis Weston

George Boleyn

William Brereton

Henry Norris

Correct! The King "examined" him while they rode from the May Day joust at Greenwich to Whitehall.

Wrong! It was Sir Henry Norris. The King "examined" him while they rode from the May Day joust at Greenwich to Whitehall.

Q4) What was the Queen said to be doing on 2nd May 1536 when she received a message saying that she had to present herself before the Privy Council?

Playing tennis

Watching tennis

Hunting

Playing cards

Correct!

Wrong! She was said to be watching a game of real tennis.

Q5) Where was Anne Boleyn imprisoned at the Tower of London?

The Bell Tower

The Beauchamp Tower

The royal apartments

The Queen's House overlooking Tower Green

Correct! The Royal apartments had been renovated for her coronation in 1533.

Wrong! She was kept in the royal apartments which had been renovated for her coronation in 1533.

Q6) Who wrote to the King after hearing news of Anne Boleyn's arrest, saying "I am clean amazed, for I had never better opinion of woman."?

Thomas Cranmer

Lord Lisle

William Latymer

Thomas Boleyn

Correct!

Wrong! It was Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.

Q7) Two men were arrested during Anne Boleyn's fall but were never tried and were eventually released. One of them was Thomas Wyatt the Elder, who was the other?

Francis Bryan

Richard Page

Richard Pace

Nicholas Carew

Correct! Sir Richard Page was a gentleman of the privy chamber.

Wrong! It was Sir Richard Page. Page was a gentleman of the privy chamber

Q8) The charges against Anne Boleyn included procuring her servants to be her lovers, seducing and committing adultery with Norris, Brereton, Weston and Smeaton, committing incest with her brother, and .....

Misprision of treason

Witchcraft

Conspiring to kill the King

Heresy

Correct!

Wrong! She was charged with conspiring to kill the King.

Q9) How many of men pleaded guilty?

Correct! It was Mark Smeaton. He had confessed to sleeping with the Queen on three occasions.

Wrong! It was one. It was Mark Smeaton. He had confessed to sleeping with the Queen on three occasions.

Q10) Who acted as Lord High Steward at the trials of Anne and George Boleyn on 15th May 1536?

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton

Correct! He was the siblings' uncle.

Wrong! It was Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, the siblings' uncle.

Q11) Where were the men beheaded on 17th May 1536?

Tower of London

Tower Hill

Tyburn

Smithfield

Correct!

Wrong! At Tower Hill.

Q12) In her last days, Anne asked Sir William Kingston to be present while she took the sacrament. How many times did she swear on the sacrament that she had not been unfaithful to the King?

Once

Three times

She didn't.

Twice

Correct! She swore on the sacrament twice, before and after receiving the body of Christ.

Wrong! She swore on the sacrament twice, before and after receiving the body of Christ.

Q13) On what date was Anne Boleyn executed?

18 May 1536

17 May 1536

19 May 1536

15 May 1536

Correct! The execution had been postponed from 18th to the 19th.

Wrong! It was 19th May 1536.

Q14) On what date did Henry VIII become officially betrothed to Jane Seymour?

20 May 1536

19 May 1536

30 May 1536

22 May 1536

Correct! He married Jane on 30th May 1536.

Wrong! It was on 20th May 1536. They got married on 30th May.

Q15) Who woke up in the early hours of 19th May from a nightmare about the Queen's severed neck in which he “could count the nerves, the veins, and the arteries”?

Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Cromwell

William Latymer

Alexander Alesius

Correct! Theologian Alesius was unaware that the Queen was being executed that day and went dashing round to his friend Archbishop Cranmer's house to tell him about his dream.

Wrong! It was Alexander Alesius, the Scottish theologian. He was unaware that the Queen was being executed that day and went dashing round to his friend Archbishop Cranmer's house to tell him about his dream.