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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16 The Axe Must Be the Next Warning and Less Agreeable Things to Think About.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Roberto Ridolfi?
(a) He was a papal agent who wanted Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne.
(b) He was Norfolk's secretary.
(c) He was almost assuredly Elizabeth's lover.
(d) He was Catherine de'Medici's ambassador.

2. What reason did the Queen give in her refusal of Erik of Sweden?
(a) She had only weeks to live because of illness.
(b) She was offended that he did not speak English.
(c) She was disinclined to marry, especially someone who would be absent from the country.
(d) She promised herself to Robert Dudley.

3. Who really controlled the French throne after the King's death?
(a) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(b) Erik of Sweden.
(c) Elizabeth I.
(d) Catherine de' Medici.

4. Whose marriage proposal did the Queen turn down because she wished to remain single?
(a) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(b) William Cecil.
(c) Robin Dudley.
(d) Philip of Spain.

5. How did Elizabeth keep up her image as she aged?
(a) She hired young look-alikes to go into public.
(b) She took up a weekly skin care regiment.
(c) She wore elaborate costumes and makeup.
(d) She retired from public life and commissioned portraits.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lord Darnley perish?

2. What member of Mary Queen of Scots' entourage did Lord Darnley have killed?

3. Who was assisting Mary Queen of Scots in a bid for the English throne?

4. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?

5. Who was sent to negotiate the treaty with Scotland and France?

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