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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jane Grey's father, Henry Grey, was the Marquess of _______?
(a) Dorset.
(b) Dewsbury.
(c) Daventry.
(d) Dunstable.

2. What was the name of Henry and Katherine of Aragon's daughter?
(a) Anne.
(b) Mary.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Jane.

3. What was the name of the Italian doctor who didn't inform the court of Edward VI's condition?
(a) Girolamo Cardano.
(b) Gilberto Colabera.
(c) Gregorio Creola.
(d) Galileo Cecato.

4. 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?
(a) Hid it.
(b) Buried it.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Switched it.

5. What years did Henry VIII rule England?
(a) 1589-1610.
(b) 1509-1547.
(c) 1485-1508.
(d) 1413-1422.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did John Dudley get after Henry VIII's death?

2. What was the name of the epidemic that broke out in the summer of 1551?

3. Why didn't the Italian doctor inform the court of Edward VI's condition?

4. Why did Mary decide not to declare religious changes after the Act of Uniformity was declared?

5. When Protestants heard that Mary was staying with a Catholic gentleman, what did they do to his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jane Grey react to her ascension and why was it significant?

2. How did Jane Grey's parents treat her and what did it signify?

3. What did Mary press Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, to do and how did he respond?

4. What act was passed in March 1549 and who suffered from it?

5. What prediction did Mary hear that made her resolve to stay in England and how is it significant?

6. What was Elizabeth's reputation following Thomas Seymour's death and what did it signify?

7. What were the grounds of Henry VIII's divorce to Katherine of Aragon and what did they signify?

8. What was Edward Seymour accused of that brought about a sentence of death by beheading, and what was the public's response?

9. How did Elizabeth respond to Duke of Northumberland's pressure to have her rescind her claim to the throne?

10. What was Edward's reputation as a young king?

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