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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?
(a) William Cecil.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley.
(d) Sir Christopher Hammond.

2. Who has a medal made to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?
(a) Elizabeth's policy of religious compromise is shattered.
(b) Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of England.
(c) They are disobedient to the Pope if loyal to the queen.
(d) They are traitors to the queen if obedient to the Pope.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?
(a) A plot that results in Elizabeth going to the Tower.
(b) A plot to marry Princess Elizabeth to Edward Courtenay.
(c) A plan to stop the Spanish marriage of Queen Mary.
(d) A French plot to make Mary Stuart Queen of England.

5. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?
(a) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.
(b) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.
(c) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.
(d) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

2. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?

3. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?

4. Where do Catholics massacre Protestants in great numbers in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

5. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?

(see the answer key)

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