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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?
(a) Secret diaries of Lord Burleigh.
(b) Various sources already published.
(c) Spanish and French documents about Elizabeth I.
(d) Secret diaries of Queen Elizabeth.

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

3. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who appoints himself Duke of Somerset and Protector and advisor to young King Edward after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(b) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(c) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(d) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.

4. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?
(a) Mary, Elizabeth, Edward.
(b) Lady Jane Grey, Edward, Mary.
(c) Edward, Mary, Elizabeth.
(d) Mary, Edward, Lady Jane Grey.

5. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?
(a) Mary is murdered by Protestant sympathizers.
(b) Mary is overthrown by Mary Stuart and taken to the Tower.
(c) Mary dies after a long illness.
(d) Elizabeth weds Edward Courtenay and overthrows Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps Princess Elizabeth from her dying brother's bedside and intercepts her correspondence to the young king?

2. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?

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

5. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?

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