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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?
(a) They are traitors to the queen if obedient to the Pope.
(b) Elizabeth's policy of religious compromise is shattered.
(c) They are disobedient to the Pope if loyal to the queen.
(d) Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of England.

2. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?
(a) He gets the plague.
(b) He is killed in a sword fight.
(c) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.
(d) He drowns.

3. Who has a medal made to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Catherine de Medici.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

4. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) The Duke of Norfolk.
(d) Sir Francis Walsingham.

5. Who do the English blame for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?

2. 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?

3. Who says the Massacre of St. Bartholomew is the greatest crime since the Crucifixion?

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?

5. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?

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