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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Queen Elizabeth is 40 years-old, what trait has become more pronounced in her?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her nervous irritability.
(c) Her skill in the hunt.
(d) Her artistry.

2. When representatives of Parliament beg the queen to marry, who does Queen Elizabeth claim to already be married to?
(a) Lord Robert Dudley.
(b) The Kingdom of England.
(c) Sir William Cecil.
(d) Sir Christopher Hatton.

3. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?
(a) Silver.
(b) White.
(c) Gold.
(d) Purple.

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

5. What skin disease has been thought from the time of Edward the Confessor to be curable by the sovereign's touch?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Vitiligo.
(c) Warts.
(d) Scrofula, a tubercular skin infection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?

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

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

4. What famous poem does Sir Philip Sidney write in honor of the woman he loves?

5. Which of the following actions does not occur in response to what Queen Elizabeth does with the cargo of the four Spanish ships?

(see the answer key)

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