A Man for All Seasons

How does Henry VIII insist on being received by the Mores?

Casually

Henry's first queen is named

Catherine

Act 2 Scene 8 What have More's family brought for him?

Cheese, custard, wine

Where is More's house?

Chelsea

More compliments Alice's ___.

Custard and Dress

What does More cite as evidence for the Catholic Church's authority?

Magna Carter The Coronation Oath

After seeing Rich's chain, what does More chide Rich for doing?

Selling his soul

What was the Holy Maid of Kent executed for?

Sermonizing against the king

What heretic does Cromwell attempt to associate with More?

The Holy Maid of Kent

Who urges Richard Rich to betray Thomas More?

Thomas Cromwell

What, according to the Common Man, has become the order of the day?

Torture

8: How does Alice address More at first?

coldly

How many years before was Roper a passionate Catholic?

2

Who does More quibble with outside Wolsey's office?

Boatman

Why does Norfolk participate in the persecution of his friend More?

The king ordered him to, so the trial wouldn't seem unfair

Richard Rich

A low-level functionary whom More helped establish. seeks to gain employment, but More denies him a high-ranking position and suggests that he becomes a teacher. Unlike More, he conquers and destroys his conscience rather than obeying it.

Act 1 Scene 8 What does the Common Man enter as at the opening of this scene?

A publican

What does Henry VIII call More in his letter?

A villain, traitor

What act declared that Ann Boleyn's children should rule if Henry died.

The Act of Succesion

During the interrogation, what does Cromwell present More with?

The Act of Succession

What is the name of the boat King Henry sails down the Thames to meet Sir Thomas?

The Great Harry

Cardinal Wolsey

The Lord Chancellor of England, who dies suddenly following his inability to obtain a dispensation from the pope that would annul King Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and permit him to marry Anne Boleyn. Is not well developed, and his primary function relates to the plot. Wolsey's sudden death hangs over the rest of the play as a warning to anyone who would court the king's disapproval.

What is the topic of Henry VIII's book?

The Seven Sacraments

What object does Rich describe to Cromwell, including the shop where he sold it?

The Silver cup

Chapuys

The Spanish ambassador to England. is loyal to his country and intent on assuring that the divorce between King Henry and Catherine, which would dishonor Catherine, does not go through.

In his preface, what man does Bolt not cite as an influence in writing his play?

William Shakespeare

What adjectives do Chapuys and his attendant use to describe More's house?

Cold and poor

What did a woman use to attempt to bribe More?

An Italian silver cup

William Roper

An overzealous young man who is a staunch Lutheran at the beginning of the play and later converts to Catholicism. Margaret's boyfriend and, after he converts to Catholicism, her husband.

Where was More while Alice, Margaret and Norfolk were preparing for Henry VIII's visit?

At Vespers

Where does the family find Thomas when he should be getting ready for the king's arrival?

At vespers

What position does Cromwell offer Rich in exchange for Rich's false testimony at More's trial?

Attorney general of Wales

What does Alice think More should have done to Margaret as punishment for receiving Roper so late?

Beaten her

Why does More suddenly let Roper marry his daughter?

Because Roper switches back to Catholicism

Why does Thomas refuse to tell his family what he thinks about the divorce and the Act of Supremacy?

Because he doesn't want them to have to lie if called to testify against him

What saying does the Common Man come up with to justify the way he treats the imprisoned Thomas More?

Better a live rat than a dead lion

What does More burn to warm his house when he is poor?

Bracken

What charge must Cromwell trump up in order to be able to execute Sir Thomas?

High Treason

What does Cromwell instruct Rich to remove from More?

His books

Who decides to leave Thomas More's service rather than take a pay cut?

His servant, Matthew.

What is the Common Man playing at the opening of Act two, scene seven?

Jailor

What do the Common Man's hats on poles represent?

Jurymen

What language does Margaret speak with Henry VIII?

Latin

Cromwell asks the publican if the Loyal Subject is a good pub for what act?

Launching a conspiracy

Roper tells More he is planning to become a ___.

Lawyer

What book of the Bible does Henry quote to support his claim that his first marriage was invalid?

Leviticus

What is Roper's religion at the beginning of the play?

Lutheran

Whom does the king speak to in Latin when he pays a visit to Thomas More's house?

Margaret More

What position does Rich take after More first refuses his request for work?

Norfolk's librarian

What was Cardinal Wolsey's death attributed to?

Pneumonia

What does Henry VIII think Anne Boleyn will be more successful at than Catherine of Aragón?

Producing a male heir

Who isn't mentioned by the Common Man as someone who ends up being executed in the aftermath of the events depicted in the play?

Richard Rich

What job does More recommend that Rich take at the very beginning of the play?

Schoolteacher

What does Margaret go to get her father?

Some tea

What does More first comment on about the message that Wolsey shows him?

The Style

What act meant that Henry could establish his new Church.

The act of Supremacy

King Henry VIII

The king of England. It is very important to him that others think of him as a moral person, and he therefore cares greatly about what More, a man of great moral repute, thinks of him. believes that he can force everyone, including the pope, into validating his desires, wants to put his conscience at ease by forcing More to sanction the king's divorce from Catherine.

Chapuys tries to give More a letter from which figure?

The king of Spain

Sir Thomas More

The protagonist of the play. He takes a stand and sacrifices himself for a cause. Believes a man's conscience is his self, so he refuses to betray his own conscience even on pain of death. Makes no move to speak out against King Henry's divorce or to make any public gesture that indicates his opinion on the matter.

Whom does King Henry VIII appoint as Chancellor right after Cardinal Wolsey dies?

Thomas More

What can More not be convicted of if he remains silent?

Treason

In what manner does More say he and Wolsey parted?

amicably

What role does the Common Man not play?

judge

The Common Man

narrates the play, and he plays the roles of most of the lower-class characters: More's steward Matthew, the boatman, the publican (innkeeper), the jailer, the jury foreman, and the headsman (executioner). Plays characters who just do their jobs without thinking about the consequences of their actions or anyone's interest other than their own. He ends the play by implying that most people do the same thing.

How long has More been in jail by the time we see him there in Act Two?

one year

Alice More

wife of Sir Thomas More who spends most of the play questioning why her husband refuses to give in to the king's wishes. Her attitude shifts from anger to confusion. Eventually, More shows her that he cannot go to his death until he knows that she understands his decision. When she visits her husband in prison, Alice finally shows him unconditional love, saying that the fact that "God knows why" More must die is good enough for her.

What does Cromwell do to Rich to prove how far he will go?

Burns Rich's hand

In scene six, what does More try and fail to hail?

A boat

What does More compliment Rich on?

His outfit

What does Rich say he will do with the money he gains from selling the silver cup?

Buy new clothes

Thomas Cromwell

A crafty lawyer who is the primary agent plotting against More. He is motivated more by an evil nature. He facilitates More's downfall with only a minimum of guilt.

What phrase does the publican repeat in his conversation with Cromwell?

"I don't understand, sir"

When the jailor returns, how many minutes warning does he give the visitors?

2

How much money does Cromwell promise the jailor in return for information?

50 Guineas

What thing that More wears does Roper declare is a disgrace?

A Chain

What does Chapuys claim he had come to More's house to borrow?

A book

What will Norfolk's involvement make Cromwell's campaign look like?

A fair investigation

What animal does More say he married?

A lion

What does the spotlight reveal to be lying on the floor?

A red robe and Cardinal's hat

What does Matthew remind Rich that he might need?

A steward

Who tells More that he's behaving "like a printed book"

Alice

To which characters does More display his passionate side?

Alice, Roper and the Jailer

More tells the jury that under the law, silence does not imply what?

Consent

What does Margaret tell Roper to do, which Chapuys agrees with?

Follow his heart

What does Norfolk say More did with the cup as soon as he knew it was a bribe?

Gave it away

Where do Cromwell and Rich run into each other in scene six?

Hampton Court

Dude of Norfolk

More's close friend. He is ultimately asked by Cromwell, and even encouraged by More himself, to betray his friendship with More. A large and rather simpleminded man, he is often too stupid to know what's going on, and he is innocent relative to Cromwell.

Margaret Roper

More's well-educated and inquisitive daughter. is in love with and later marries William Roper. She shows that she understands her father perhaps better than anyone else in the play. questions her father's actions.