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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?
(a) Philip Sidney.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) The Duke of Norfolk.
(d) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.

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 France has united with Elizabeth to fight the rebellion.
(b) That English Catholics have converted to the Anglican church.
(c) That the plague has wiped out thousands.
(d) That English Catholics do not want to overthrow Elizabeth.

3. Who has a medal made to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Catherine de Medici.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

4. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?

4. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?

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

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