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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?
(a) Secret diaries of Lord Burleigh.
(b) Secret diaries of Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Various sources already published.
(d) Spanish and French documents about Elizabeth I.

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

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

4. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Purple.
(d) White.

5. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?
(a) Islam.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) The Reformed Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the ruler of England after King Henry VIII's death when Elizabeth is 14 years-old?

2. 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?

3. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?

4. What is King Henry VIII's relationship to Lady Jane Grey?

5. How many people attend the state banquet in Westminster hall to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation?

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