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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?
(a) He excommunicates her.
(b) He hires an assassin to kill her.
(c) He calls Europe to war against her.
(d) He curses her and asks God to smite her.

2. Where do Catholics massacre Protestants in great numbers in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Denmark.

3. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?
(a) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.
(b) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.
(c) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.
(d) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.

4. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?
(a) Prince Philip of Spain.
(b) The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey.
(c) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(d) Mary Stuart.

5. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?
(a) They are intercepted by English troops and battle ensues.
(b) They succeed in rescuing her and escape to Scotland.
(c) They find she has been moved to Coventry.
(d) They are reported to the queen and flee to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the English blame for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

2. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?

3. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?

4. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?

5. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction when her Privy Council finds insufficient evidence to charge Norfolk with treason?

(see the answer key)

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