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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Queen Elizabeth decide to do with Alenzon?
(a) She helps him seize the French throne from his brother.
(b) She gives him money and sends him to the Netherlands.
(c) She has him assassinated.
(d) She marries him.

2. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?
(a) She gets smallpox.
(b) Her request for a passport is denied.
(c) English Catholics try to put her on the English throne.
(d) Her boat capsizes in the English Channel.

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

4. When Mary Stuart demands that Queen Elizabeth send her clothes suitable for her position, what does one of Elizabeth's maids send Mary?
(a) A needle and thread to sew her own clothing.
(b) Two worn-out chemises, a length of black velvet, and shoes.
(c) A golden, pearl-studded dress.
(d) A patched and ragged dress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?

2. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?

3. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?

4. With whom does Sir Philip Sidney fall in love?

5. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

(see the answer key)

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