A Man For All Seasons Study Questions

A Man for All Seasons Study Questions

Act I: p. 3- p.20

1. What does Rich want?

2. What does More suggest?

3. What is Rich’s reaction?

4. What does More ask Norfolk to do (concerning Rich)?

5. What does the Steward say about his master “giving anything to anyone”?

6. What do you think Wolsey means when he says Henry’s been “to play in the mud again”?

7. Why does Wolsey become frustrated with More?

8. What does More say about a statesman’s conscience?

9. What message does Chapuys bring to More?

10. Why does more object to Roper’s request?

11. How does More react to Margaret’s questions about the Cardinal?

p. 20- 44

1. What info does the Common Man give us about the station of Lord Chancellor?

2. About what do Chapuys and Cromwell argue?

3. Which two people ask Matthew (More’s steward) about More’s actions?

4. What is Margaret and Henry’s discussion like?

5. How does Henry react to More’s statement about Cardinal Wolsey?

6. Why does Henry say he needs More’s “poor support”?

7. With what does Henry try to tempt More?

8. How does Roper say his views on the church have changed?

9. With what request does Rich come to More again?

10. What does More tell Roper about the law?

11. What turns out to be Rich’s “price”?

12. What information does Rich give Cromwell?

Act II: p. 45-73

1. What does the Act of Supremacy state?

2. What news does Norfolk bring?

3. Why does More tell Norfolk he’ll forfeit all he’s got?

4. Why does More tell Alice he can’t make any statement, especially in front of his family?

5. How does Norfolk shoot down Cromwell’s “evidence” against More?

6. Why does the king request that Norfolk be active in the case against More?

7. Why does More refuse to touch/open the letter from the King of Spain and refuse the four thousand pounds from the bishops?

8. What does the king think of More?

9. How does More deal with Norfolk’s disappointment in him?

p. 73-95

1. Why does the Common Man discuss the future of Cromwell, Norfolk, Cranmer, and Rich?

2. What do Norfolk and Cromwell want More to recognize?

3. What type of pressure does Rich (in an unspoken manner) suggest be used on More?

4. What does Margaret try to convince More to do? What is her reasoning?

5. What is the formal charge brought against More?

6. What rebuttal does More give Cromwell about the legal interpretation of his silence towards the Act?

7. What evidence does Rich bring against More?

8. How does More respond?

9. More makes a remark to Rich on Rich’s way out of court. What does it mean?

10. What does More finally admit about his belief about the Act of Succession?

11. What are More’s final words?