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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) He is her lover.
(b) He is her guard while she is in the tower.
(c) He is her cousin.
(d) He is her Secretary of State.

2. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?
(a) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(b) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(c) Lord Robert Dudley.
(d) Sir Francis Drake.

3. How does Lord Burleigh suggest that Queen Elizabeth rid herself of Alenzon when the prince insists they must marry as she promised?
(a) Help him seize the French throne from his brother.
(b) Offer him Mary Stuart as a bride.
(c) Have him assassinated.
(d) Marry him or pay him a lot of money.

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

5. 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?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) Catherine de Medici.
(d) Mary Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?

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

3. What is the Babington plot?

4. How does Queen Elizabeth react when she receives word that Mary Stuart has been beheaded?

5. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?

(see the answer key)

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