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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Spanish Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Weir characterize Guilford Dudley?
(a) As spoiled.
(b) As depraved.
(c) As intellectual.
(d) As crazy.

2. What was Jane Grey's reaction to her ascending the throne after Edward VI's death?
(a) She was thrilled.
(b) She was overwhelmed.
(c) She was indifferent.
(d) She was appalled.

3. Which councilor did not sign the letter to Mary that Queen Jane was invested and crowned?
(a) Stephen Gardiner.
(b) Roger Ascham.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) Edward Seymour.

4. How many courtiers attended the public bedding ceremony between Mary and Philip of Spain?
(a) A lot.
(b) Just a few.
(c) Too many.
(d) One.

5. What was the motto Elizabeth adopted from Lady Tyrwhit, after Thomas Seymour's death?
(a) Faithful Forever.
(b) Be Always One.
(c) Evil to him who evil thinks.
(d) The Lord is my light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thomas Seymour's allies warn him against?

2. What was Thomas Seymour's sentence changed to after he was taken to the Tower?

3. According to Weir, what could John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, have done with the king's body to avoid an autopsy?

4. How was Philip of Spain greeted when he arrived in England?

5. Who interrogated Elizabeth after Thomas Seymour was taken to the Tower?

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