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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mary Stuart writes Queen Elizabeth in Chapter 22, who does she blame for the gossip about her?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) Catherine de Medici.
(d) Lady Shrewsbury.

2. How long has Queen Elizabeth ruled England at 37 years-old?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?
(a) A lotion of egg white, eggshell, alum, borax & poppyseeds.
(b) Elizabeth is an albino.
(c) Elizabeth wears a white powder.
(d) Elizabeth avoids sunlight.

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

5. To whom does Lettice Devereux plot to marry her daughter?
(a) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) King James of Scotland.
(c) The Earl of Sussex.
(d) Prince Alenzon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are pearls said to symbolize?

2. What disease does Queen Elizabeth contract and nearly die of?

3. Which of the following is not a place where glass is used in England as peacetime prosperity develops an increasing market for it?

4. When a comet appears over London, what do many people believe it heralds?

5. Who wants to marry Don Carlos, a criminal lunatic, to gain an alliance with Spain to help dethrone Elizabeth?

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