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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Lord Robert Dudley.
(c) Sir Francis Drake.
(d) Sir Thomas Wyatt.

3. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?
(a) Elizabeth is an albino.
(b) Elizabeth wears a white powder.
(c) Elizabeth avoids sunlight.
(d) A lotion of egg white, eggshell, alum, borax & poppyseeds.

4. What does Queen Elizabeth ask to see when she visits Dr. John Dee at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) his Spanish gold.
(b) His speculum of magic glass.
(c) His new wife.
(d) His new horses.

5. What colors does Queen Elizabeth tell Spanish ambassador Don Guzman de Silva are her colors?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Black, red, and gray.
(c) Red, green, and blue.
(d) Yellow and white.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?

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

3. How do Scotland's Protestant Lords deal with Lord Darnley?

4. How many people attend the state banquet in Westminster hall to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation?

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

(see the answer key)

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