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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is assassinated in 1584?
(a) William of Orange.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) Prince Alenzon.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

2. How does Queen Elizabeth revive the Royal Navy?
(a) She sends medicine to ailing sailors.
(b) She offers titles and lands for joining the Navy.
(c) She drafts more men into the Navy.
(d) She increases sailors' wages and builds strong ships.

3. What kind of stockings does Mrs. Montagu give Queen Elizabeth in 1560?
(a) Worsted stockings.
(b) Knitted silk stockings.
(c) Taffeta stockings.
(d) Wool stockings.

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

5. Who wants to marry Don Carlos, a criminal lunatic, to gain an alliance with Spain to help dethrone Elizabeth?
(a) Catherine Grey.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Lettice Devereux.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will finance the invasion Mary Stuart anticipates?

2. What are pearls said to symbolize?

3. What does the author say hair is washed with during Queen Elizabeth's lifetime?

4. What invasion is Mary Stuart anticipating at the beginning of Chapter 22?

5. How long has Queen Elizabeth ruled England at 37 years-old?

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