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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?
(a) He is killed in a sword fight.
(b) He gets the plague.
(c) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.
(d) He drowns.

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

3. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?
(a) The Protestant Reformation.
(b) Life in England during Elizabeth's reign.
(c) Queen Elizabeth I.
(d) The Spanish Armada.

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

5. What kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Swedish ships.
(b) Pirate ships.
(c) Spanish ships.
(d) French ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?

2. What Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?

3. Who do the English blame for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

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

5. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"

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