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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe Queen Elizabeth I's physical appearance?
(a) Her eyes are golden and large-pupiled from short sight.
(b) She has red-gold hair and very fair skin.
(c) She has her mother's sallow and dark complexion.
(d) She closely resembles her father, Henry VIII.

2. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?
(a) The poet, Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) The Pope.

3. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) The Reformed Church.
(c) Islam.
(d) Judaism.

4. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?
(a) That she was illegitimate and did not deserve the throne.
(b) That she could not have children.
(c) That she was secretly married to the Earl of Leicester.
(d) That she was bald.

5. What do the Catholic bishops not want to do for Queen Elizabeth's coronation?
(a) Attend the ceremony.
(b) Offer prayers for the queen.
(c) Bless the queen.
(d) Crown the queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?

3. 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?

4. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?

5. When representatives of Parliament beg the queen to marry, who does Queen Elizabeth claim to already be married to?

(see the answer key)

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