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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?
(a) France.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

2. What is the Babington plot?
(a) A plot to murder Elizabeth & put Mary Stuart on the throne.
(b) A plot to for Mary Stuart to wed the King of Spain.
(c) A plot to kidnap King James of Scotland.
(d) A plot to murder Mary Stuart.

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

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

5. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?
(a) Elizabeth is an albino.
(b) A lotion of egg white, eggshell, alum, borax & poppyseeds.
(c) Elizabeth wears a white powder.
(d) Elizabeth avoids sunlight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What colors does Queen Elizabeth tell Spanish ambassador Don Guzman de Silva are her colors?

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

4. 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?

5. Who does the Prince of Orange make the titular head of the lands he offers to Queen Elizabeth when the queen refuses to accept his honor?

(see the answer key)

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