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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?
(a) Lord Bothwell.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Lord Lennox.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

2. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?
(a) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) Prince Philip of Spain.
(c) The Duke of Norfolk.
(d) Edward Courtenay.

3. What are pearls said to symbolize?
(a) Psychic ability.
(b) Women.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Virginity.

4. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Thomas Seymour, Somerset's brother & Edward's uncle.
(c) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(d) Sir Francis Drake.

5. Who becomes the ruler of England after King Henry VIII's death when Elizabeth is 14 years-old?
(a) Elizabeth's 27 year-old half sister, Mary Tudor.
(b) Lady Jane Grey.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Elizabeth's nine-year-old half brother, Edward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is King Henry VIII's relationship to Lady Jane Grey?

2. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?

3. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?

4. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?

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

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