1. In whom does Mary Stuart confide when her marriage to Lord Darnley becomes unhappy?
(a) Lady Lennox.
(b) Queen Elizabeth of England.
(c) Rizzio, her Italian secretary.
(d) Sir William Cecil.

2. What physical ailment on Queen Elizabeth's leg heals in 1578?
(a) Eczema.
(b) An ulcer.
(c) A broken bone.
(d) A burn.

3. What lands does the Prince of Orange ask Elizabeth to become queen of at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
(b) France.
(c) Scotland and Spain.
(d) Orange.

4. The Scottish Lords expect to find English Catholics waiting to rise and overthrow Elizabeth's government with them, but what do they find instead?
(a) That English Catholics do not want to overthrow Elizabeth.
(b) That the plague has wiped out thousands.
(c) That France has united with Elizabeth to fight the rebellion.
(d) That English Catholics have converted to the Anglican church.

5. When Queen Elizabeth does not renew a tax on sweet wines that the Earl of Essex depends on for his income, what does Essex do?
(a) He publicly insults the queen.
(b) He begs the queen for a loan.
(c) He becomes a pirate.
(d) He goes back to Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?

2. Where do Catholics massacre Protestants in great numbers in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

3. Who agrees to be the godmother to the infant son of Mary Stuart?

4. Which of the following is not an entertainment provided for Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Kenilworth?

5. Who becomes the ruler of England after King Henry VIII's death when Elizabeth is 14 years-old?

(see the answer key)

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