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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Little Children Like Angels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jane Grey behave at her execution in contrast to her husband Guilford Dudley?
(a) She was emotional in contrast to her husband who was brave.
(b) She prayed in contrast to her husband who refused to.
(c) She was brave in contrast to her husband who lost his nerve.
(d) She did not pray in contrast to her husband who did.

2. Why did the harvest of 1555 fail where the people blamed Queen Mary for their misfortune?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Weather.
(c) Wars.
(d) Disease.

3. Who bore Edward, Henry VIII's son?
(a) Katerine Parr.
(b) Anne Boleyn.
(c) Katherine of Aragon.
(d) Jane Seymour.

4. What did Mary learn in September of 1554?
(a) Charles V was dead.
(b) Philip was cheating.
(c) Elizabeth was ill.
(d) She was pregnant.

5. Where did the French launch a surprise attack and regain that city in 1558?
(a) London.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Calais.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mary imply that Edward VI was not old enough to attend council meetings, according to Weir?

2. How did Mary respond to Charles V putting his son Prince Philip as a candidate for marriage?

3. When Edward VI set out on a trip in June, 1552, what impeded his progress?

4. Who interrogated Elizabeth after Thomas Seymour was taken to the Tower?

5. What was Thomas Seymour's sentence changed to after he was taken to the Tower?

(see the answer key)

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