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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says the Massacre of St. Bartholomew is the greatest crime since the Crucifixion?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Lord Burleigh.
(d) The Pope.

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

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?
(a) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.
(b) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.
(c) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.
(d) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?

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

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

5. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?

(see the answer key)

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