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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) Sir Christopher Hammond.
(c) Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley.
(d) Mary Stuart.

2. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction when her Privy Council finds insufficient evidence to charge Norfolk with treason?
(a) She hires an assassin to kill Norfolk.
(b) She is relieved and publicly thanks God.
(c) She has Norfolk poisoned in secret to make sure he is dead.
(d) She says she will behead him by her own authority and faints.

3. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?
(a) Elizabeth weds Edward Courtenay and overthrows Mary.
(b) Mary is overthrown by Mary Stuart and taken to the Tower.
(c) Mary is murdered by Protestant sympathizers.
(d) Mary dies after a long illness.

4. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?
(a) William Cecil.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) His mother, Lady Lennox.

5. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?
(a) He excommunicates her.
(b) He calls Europe to war against her.
(c) He curses her and asks God to smite her.
(d) He hires an assassin to kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?

2. When Queen Elizabeth hesitates to intervene in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland, how does William Cecil persuade her to take action?

3. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?

4. The Scottish Lords expect to find English Catholics waiting to rise and overthrow Elizabeth's government with them, but what do they find instead?

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

(see the answer key)

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