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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who marries Lord Sheffield's widow four days before she gives birth to his son?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) The Duke of Anjou.

2. The Scottish Lords expect to find English Catholics waiting to rise and overthrow Elizabeth's government with them, but what do they find instead?
(a) That English Catholics have converted to the Anglican church.
(b) That the plague has wiped out thousands.
(c) That English Catholics do not want to overthrow Elizabeth.
(d) That France has united with Elizabeth to fight the rebellion.

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) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) Lady Jane Grey.
(c) The Duke of Northumberland.
(d) The Earl of Essex.

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

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 drowns.
(c) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.
(d) He gets the plague.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?

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

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?

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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