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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Queen Elizabeth hesitates to intervene in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland, how does William Cecil persuade her to take action?
(a) He threatens to resign.
(b) He tells her the nobles support war.
(c) He tells her Mary Stuart has declared war.
(d) He asks Lord Robert Dudley to persuade her.

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

3. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?
(a) Archduke Charles.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Prince Alenzon.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

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?
(a) That English Catholics do not want to overthrow Elizabeth.
(b) That English Catholics have converted to the Anglican church.
(c) That France has united with Elizabeth to fight the rebellion.
(d) That the plague has wiped out thousands.

5. 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?
(a) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) The Duke of Northumberland.
(c) Lady Jane Grey.
(d) The Earl of Essex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?

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

4. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?

5. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?

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