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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?
(a) He says she watched a play.
(b) He says she got drunk.
(c) He says she danced and played the virginals.
(d) He says she slept with the Earl of Leicester that night.

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

3. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?
(a) The Earl of Essex.
(b) Lady Jane Grey.
(c) The Duke of Northumberland.
(d) Sir Philip Sidney.

4. When Queen Elizabeth hesitates to intervene in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland, how does William Cecil persuade her to take action?
(a) He tells her the nobles support war.
(b) He tells her Mary Stuart has declared war.
(c) He threatens to resign.
(d) He asks Lord Robert Dudley to persuade her.

5. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?
(a) He is killed in a sword fight.
(b) He gets the plague.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?

2. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?

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

4. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?

5. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?

(see the answer key)

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