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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?
(a) To record the history of the Tudor dynasty.
(b) To show how similar Elizabeth I was to her father Henry VIII.
(c) To collect interesting personal information about Elizabeth I.
(d) To earn the author a doctoral degree.

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) Mary Tudor.
(b) The Duke of Norfolk.
(c) Prince Philip of Spain.
(d) Edward Courtenay.

4. 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) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(b) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(c) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(d) Sir Christopher Hatton.

5. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 32.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Princess Elizabeth's mother?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?

3. Although Elizabeth and her Master of the Horse have known each other since Elizabeth was eight, when does their relationship become closer before her ascension to the throne?

4. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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