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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 A Court at Once Gay, Decadent, and Superb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots related?
(a) They were sisters.
(b) They were in-laws.
(c) They were cousins.
(d) They were third cousins twice removed.

2. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?
(a) She got the stomach flu and was extremely dehydrated.
(b) Robert Dudley contracted the black death.
(c) She discovered an assassination plot.
(d) She contracted smallpox and was in bed for six days.

3. Who succeeded King Francis II?
(a) Philip II.
(b) Charles IX.
(c) Erik of Sweden.
(d) Elizabeth I.

4. What was Elizabeth's favorite art form?
(a) Painting.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Literature.
(d) Theatre.

5. How long did Elizabeth reign?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 45 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?

2. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

3. How did the Queen publicly humiliate Robert Dudley?

4. Why was it dangerous for Mary to remain in England?

5. How did Amy Dudley's life end?

(see the answer key)

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