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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?
(a) William Cecil.
(b) Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Sir Christopher Hammond.

2. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?
(a) She is Catholic.
(b) She fears retribution from Mary Stuart.
(c) She fears French intervention on Scotland's behalf.
(d) Her country is short of funds, men, and ships.

3. When a comet appears over London, what do many people believe it heralds?
(a) The coming of war.
(b) The coming of great prosperity.
(c) The death of some great person.
(d) The coming of the plague.

4. How does Lord Burleigh suggest that Queen Elizabeth rid herself of Alenzon when the prince insists they must marry as she promised?
(a) Marry him or pay him a lot of money.
(b) Help him seize the French throne from his brother.
(c) Offer him Mary Stuart as a bride.
(d) Have him assassinated.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Earl of Oxford mistreats his wife, Ann, to what does Burleigh attribute the younger man's misbehavior?

3. In Chapter 5 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, what act do Parliament and the Privy Council pass?

4. Who does the Scottish Regent Morton implicate in Lord Darnley's murder?

5. What name does Queen Elizabeth give what Sir Thomas Gresham establishes in London in 1571?

(see the answer key)

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