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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Earl of Leicester tell the French ambassador that Queen Elizabeth said about marriage when she was eight years-old?
(a) That she would marry six times like her father.
(b) That she could not wait to marry.
(c) That she wanted to marry Leicester.
(d) That she would never marry.

2. 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.

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

4. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?

2. In whom does Mary Stuart confide when her marriage to Lord Darnley becomes unhappy?

3. What does Elizabeth ride in through London to Westminster on the Saturday before her coronation?

4. During her era, what is unusual about the way Queen Elizabeth bathes?

5. According to some books on heraldry of the period, what do the colors Queen Elizabeth tells Don Guzman de Silva are hers represent?

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