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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?
(a) To record the history of the Tudor dynasty.
(b) To show how similar Elizabeth I was to her father Henry VIII.
(c) To collect interesting personal information about Elizabeth I.
(d) To earn the author a doctoral degree.

2. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) He is her lover.
(b) He is her guard while she is in the tower.
(c) He is her cousin.
(d) He is her Secretary of State.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?
(a) The shape of the book is very irregular.
(b) Some minor events are relayed in great detail.
(c) Some important events get a very brief mention.
(d) The book is arranged in chronological order.

4. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?
(a) 50.
(b) 32.
(c) 25.
(d) 12.

5. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?
(a) Her boat capsizes in the English Channel.
(b) Her request for a passport is denied.
(c) She gets smallpox.
(d) English Catholics try to put her on the English throne.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. What do the Catholic bishops not want to do for Queen Elizabeth's coronation?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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