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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to divorce Lord Darnley?
(a) It could throw doubt on the legitimacy of her son.
(b) Darnley has threatened to kill her if she divorces him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) It is a sin to divorce in her eyes.

2. 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 they are both imprisoned in the Tower of London.
(b) When the Master of the Horse becomes Elizabeth's guardian.
(c) When Elizabeth's father dies.
(d) When Elizabeth almost dies of smallpox.

3. What do four Spanish ships that take refuge in Plymouth and Southampton in December 1568 carry?
(a) Soldiers to invade the English coast.
(b) A potential bridegroom for Queen Elizabeth.
(c) 85,000 pounds of gold.
(d) Jewels and silks from the Orient.

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

5. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?
(a) Philip Sidney.
(b) The Duke of Norfolk.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?

2. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?

3. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?

4. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?

5. Where does Queen Elizabeth send Mary Stuart to at the end of Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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