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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) Lady Lennox.
(c) Catherine Grey.
(d) Kat Ashley.

2. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?
(a) Sir Christopher Hammond.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley.

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

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

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Queen Elizabeth I's physical appearance?
(a) She has red-gold hair and very fair skin.
(b) She closely resembles her father, Henry VIII.
(c) She has her mother's sallow and dark complexion.
(d) Her eyes are golden and large-pupiled from short sight.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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 is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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