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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What famous poem does Sir Philip Sidney write in honor of the woman he loves?
(a) Astrophel and Stella.
(b) Beloved.
(c) Silver Fairies and Golden Gnomes,
(d) Love Song to an Enchantress.

4. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?
(a) It gives Scotland to Elizabeth.
(b) It recognizes Elizabeth as Queen of England.
(c) It gives Scotland to France.
(d) It gives Scotland to Spain.

5. How do Scotland's Protestant Lords deal with Lord Darnley?
(a) They drown him.
(b) They imprison him.
(c) They blow up his house and strangle him.
(d) They force him to divorce Mary Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Church of England is criticized for appointing incompetent clergy, which of the following is not the kind of man Queen Elizabeth advises the bishops to appoint?

2. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?

3. What physical ailment on Queen Elizabeth's leg heals in 1578?

4. Where does Queen Elizabeth send Mary Stuart to at the end of Chapter 11?

5. With what country does the king of France threaten to ally if Queen Elizabeth does not marry Alenzon?

(see the answer key)

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