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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Queen Elizabeth hesitates to intervene in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland, how does William Cecil persuade her to take action?
(a) He threatens to resign.
(b) He asks Lord Robert Dudley to persuade her.
(c) He tells her Mary Stuart has declared war.
(d) He tells her the nobles support war.

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

3. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?
(a) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.
(b) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.
(c) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.
(d) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.

4. When the Earl of Oxford mistreats his wife, Ann, to what does Burleigh attribute the younger man's misbehavior?
(a) Ann's infidelity.
(b) Oxford's preference for another woman.
(c) Burleigh's refusal to loan Oxford a large sum of money.
(d) The Earl's Catholicism and Ann's Protestantism.

5. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?
(a) It gives Scotland to Elizabeth.
(b) It gives Scotland to France.
(c) It recognizes Elizabeth as Queen of England.
(d) It gives Scotland to Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?

2. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?

3. 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?

4. Who does Queen Elizabeth suggest as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

5. Who is Princess Elizabeth's mother?

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