Quiz 20: The Six Thomases

1. In what year was Cromwell  nominated for a seat in the House of Commons?
   1519152115231525
2. Wriothesley’s title was….?
   earl of Southamptonearl of Somersetearl of Chesterearl of Northumberland
3. Which of the six Thomases wrote The History of Richard III?
   CranmerWolseyMoreHoward
4. Wolsey endowed Cardinal’s College at Oxford University; it is now called….
   Corpus ChristiChrist ChurchAll SoulsJesus
   
5. Which of King Henry VIII’s marriages did Cromwell arrange?
   Jane SeymourAnne of ClevesAnne BoleynCatherine Howard
6. Which Thomas had a son who was executed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I?
   MoreWriothesleyCromwellHoward
7. Who succeeded Cranmer as archbishop of Canterbury?
   John WhitgiftStephen GardinerReginald PoleWilliam Warham
8. Which Thomas inspired John Skelton to write the following verse: ‘Ye are so puffed with pride / That no man may abide / Your high and lordly looks’.
   CromwellWriothesleyHowardWolsey
9. Which Thomas said of King Henry VIII, ‘If a lion knew his strength, it were hard for any man to hold
   him.’
   MoreCromwellWriothesleyWolsey
10. Which of the six Thomases was the only one to die of natural causes in his own home?
    WriothesleyCranmerCromwellHoward

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