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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction when her Privy Council finds insufficient evidence to charge Norfolk with treason?
(a) She is relieved and publicly thanks God.
(b) She hires an assassin to kill Norfolk.
(c) She says she will behead him by her own authority and faints.
(d) She has Norfolk poisoned in secret to make sure he is dead.

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

3. 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 slept with the Earl of Leicester that night.
(d) He says she danced and played the virginals.

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

5. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?
(a) He excommunicates her.
(b) He hires an assassin to kill her.
(c) He calls Europe to war against her.
(d) He curses her and asks God to smite her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who has a medal made to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

5. When Queen Elizabeth hesitates to intervene in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland, how does William Cecil persuade her to take action?

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