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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?
(a) They are reported to the queen and flee to France.
(b) They are intercepted by English troops and battle ensues.
(c) They find she has been moved to Coventry.
(d) They succeed in rescuing her and escape to Scotland.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?
(a) A plot that results in Elizabeth going to the Tower.
(b) A plan to stop the Spanish marriage of Queen Mary.
(c) A French plot to make Mary Stuart Queen of England.
(d) A plot to marry Princess Elizabeth to Edward Courtenay.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Catholics massacre Protestants in great numbers in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

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

3. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?

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

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

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