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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?
(a) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.
(b) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.
(c) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.
(d) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.

2. Which of the following is not a place where glass is used in England as peacetime prosperity develops an increasing market for it?
(a) Church altars.
(b) Windows of great houses and shops.
(c) Drinking and looking glasses.
(d) Bathing pools

3. What does Queen Elizabeth ask to see when she visits Dr. John Dee at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) his Spanish gold.
(b) His speculum of magic glass.
(c) His new wife.
(d) His new horses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of stockings does Mrs. Montagu give Queen Elizabeth in 1560?

2. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?

3. How do others see Lord Darnley?

4. When Queen Elizabeth has an abscessed tooth but fears to have her tooth pulled, what convinces her to consent to have the procedure done?

5. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?

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