The midterm is comprised of short answers and a longer conceptual essay that will ask that you integrate readings, film, discussion and lecture in your response. Please bring an 8 1/2 x 11 blue book to class. The test is on 1.

Identifications—6 of the following terms will be on the examination. You will be expected to write about 4 of them. In these responses, you should link the term to the broader significance of Tudor history. (10 points each; 40 points total)

Cardinal Wolsey	Elizabeth of York
Thomas Cromwell	Great North Road
"The King's Great Matter"	Act of Uniformity, 1549
Act in Restraint of Appeals	Reformation Parliament
Richard III	Great Northern Rebellion
Simnel Uprising	Pilgrimage of Grace
Star Chamber	"First Fruits"
Præmunire	Wyatt's Rebellion
Tudor Rose	Elizabethan Settlement
Rights of Conquest	"Gloriana"

Film and Primary Source Discussion—you will be asked a question about Thomas More that deals with the issues discussed in Utopia and/or raised in the film. The response to this question should be at least one single-spaced page. (20 pts)

Long Essay—one of the following will appear on the examination. Your response to this question should be well organized, thoughtful, and complete drawing from lectures, discussions and readings. (40 points)

The Tudor monarchs were resolutely concerned with succession—that is, with keeping the young Tudor line intact, or at the very least, preserving English society from social instability. Write an essay examining the issue of legitimacy to rule and rights of succession from the reign of Henry VII to Queen Elizabeth I. In this essay, consider the following:

*Henry VII's claims / arguments to rule;

*Henry VIII's claims for secession from the Roman Church;

*Edward and Mary's arguments for proper religion in monarchy;

*Queen Elizabeth's issues of marriage and social stability

Political and social struggle against the Henrician Reform occurred on many levels of society—from the rooms of Parliament to the roads of the North and Southwest. Even after Henry's death, the consolidation of the Reformation on English life was hardly complete resulting in many popular rebellions. Discuss the English Reformation and the reasons why so many in the populace from so many levels of society argued against its adoption. What problems precluded the uniform acceptance of the new church throughout the century?

The construction of a strong monarchical image was central to Queen Elizabeth's successful reign. Elizabeth was a young, single woman, and while recognized in Henry's will as a legitimate heir, she, like Mary before her, was a "bastardized" heir. When she assumed the throne after her sister's death, she was both immediately hailed and decried, and such polarization of popular and political opinion continued throughout her reign. Based on the lectures and the readings, examine the ways in which Elizabeth fashioned her identity for political purposes, and then examine the ways in which that identity was both legitimized by events and scrutinized by observers.