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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Lord Burleigh.
(b) Thomas Seymour.
(c) Edward Seymour.
(d) Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester.

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

3. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Lord Burleigh.
(b) The Duke of Norfolk.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Sir Francis Walsingham.

4. What does the author say hair is washed with during Queen Elizabeth's lifetime?
(a) Honeysuckle.
(b) Olive oil.
(c) Lye.
(d) Lavender and roses.

5. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?
(a) Life in England during Elizabeth's reign.
(b) Queen Elizabeth I.
(c) The Spanish Armada.
(d) The Protestant Reformation.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Sir Philip Sidney fall in love?

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

3. Whose household does Princess Elizabeth live in after her father's death?

4. How do others see Lord Darnley?

5. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?

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