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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?
(a) Her country is short of funds, men, and ships.
(b) She fears retribution from Mary Stuart.
(c) She is Catholic.
(d) She fears French intervention on Scotland's behalf.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?
(a) They are traitors to the queen if obedient to the Pope.
(b) They are disobedient to the Pope if loyal to the queen.
(c) Elizabeth's policy of religious compromise is shattered.
(d) Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of England.

5. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?
(a) Her request for a passport is denied.
(b) She gets smallpox.
(c) English Catholics try to put her on the English throne.
(d) Her boat capsizes in the English Channel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the English blame for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

2. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?

3. Who says the Massacre of St. Bartholomew is the greatest crime since the Crucifixion?

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

5. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction when her Privy Council finds insufficient evidence to charge Norfolk with treason?

(see the answer key)

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