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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people attend the state banquet in Westminster hall to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation?
(a) 50.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 12.
(d) 200.

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?
(a) Edward Seymour.
(b) Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Thomas Seymour.
(d) Lord Burleigh.

3. What disease does Queen Elizabeth contract and nearly die of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Diptheria.

4. In Chapter 5 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, what act do Parliament and the Privy Council pass?
(a) A law outlawing Catholicism in England.
(b) A law making Robert Dudley her heir.
(c) The Act of Supremacy and Uniformity.
(d) A law raising taxes.

5. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Paganism.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Mary Stuart agrees to accept the husband Queen Elizabeth suggests for her, what might Elizabeth consent to do for Mary?

2. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?

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

4. What colors does Queen Elizabeth tell Spanish ambassador Don Guzman de Silva are her colors?

5. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?

(see the answer key)

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