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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Sir Francis Walsingham.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Lord Burleigh.

2. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Judaism.

3. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?
(a) His mother, Lady Lennox.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

4. Who do the English blame for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) The Pope.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

5. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?
(a) He curses her and asks God to smite her.
(b) He hires an assassin to kill her.
(c) He excommunicates her.
(d) He calls Europe to war against her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a medal made to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

2. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?

3. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?

4. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?

5. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?

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