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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?
(a) Edward Seymour.
(b) Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Lord Burleigh.
(d) Thomas Seymour.

2. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Thomas Seymour, Somerset's brother & Edward's uncle.
(d) Sir Francis Drake.

3. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who appoints himself Duke of Somerset and Protector and advisor to young King Edward after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(c) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(d) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.

4. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?
(a) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(b) Lord Robert Dudley.
(c) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(d) Sir Francis Drake.

5. Although Elizabeth and her Master of the Horse have known each other since Elizabeth was eight, when does their relationship become closer before her ascension to the throne?
(a) When Elizabeth's father dies.
(b) When they are both imprisoned in the Tower of London.
(c) When Elizabeth almost dies of smallpox.
(d) When the Master of the Horse becomes Elizabeth's guardian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?

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

3. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?

4. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?

5. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?

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