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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Philip Sidney.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

2. What kind of stockings does Mrs. Montagu give Queen Elizabeth in 1560?
(a) Wool stockings.
(b) Worsted stockings.
(c) Taffeta stockings.
(d) Knitted silk stockings.

3. What Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Edward Courtenay.
(c) Prince Philip of Spain.
(d) Mary Tudor.

4. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?
(a) He says she got drunk.
(b) He says she watched a play.
(c) He says she danced and played the virginals.
(d) He says she slept with the Earl of Leicester that night.

5. Why does Queen Elizabeth refuse the Prince of Orange's request to become queen of additional lands?
(a) Doing so would put England at open war with Spain.
(b) The lands are too infested with pirates to interest her.
(c) The lands are too poor to interest her.
(d) She would have to marry him to become the queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous poem does Sir Philip Sidney write in honor of the woman he loves?

2. With what country does the king of France threaten to ally if Queen Elizabeth does not marry Alenzon?

3. Who entertains Queen Elizabeth at his estate of Kenilworth in Chapter 18?

4. Who does the Prince of Orange make the titular head of the lands he offers to Queen Elizabeth when the queen refuses to accept his honor?

5. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?

(see the answer key)

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