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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 asks Lord Robert Dudley to persuade her.
(d) He tells her Mary Stuart has declared war.

2. What colors does Queen Elizabeth tell Spanish ambassador Don Guzman de Silva are her colors?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Red, green, and blue.
(c) Yellow and white.
(d) Black, red, and gray.

3. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?
(a) Prince Philip of Spain.
(b) The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey.
(c) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(d) Mary Stuart.

4. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Prince Philip of Spain.
(c) Edward Courtenay.
(d) Sir Philip Sidney.

5. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 32.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is King Henry VIII's relationship to Lady Jane Grey?

3. What Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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