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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?
(a) The shape of the book is very irregular.
(b) The book is arranged in chronological order.
(c) Some minor events are relayed in great detail.
(d) Some important events get a very brief mention.

2. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who appoints himself Duke of Somerset and Protector and advisor to young King Edward after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(b) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(c) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(d) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.

3. What is King Henry VIII's relationship to Lady Jane Grey?
(a) He is her grandfather.
(b) He is her uncle.
(c) He is her great uncle.
(d) He is her father.

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

5. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?
(a) Elizabeth weds Edward Courtenay and overthrows Mary.
(b) Mary is overthrown by Mary Stuart and taken to the Tower.
(c) Mary dies after a long illness.
(d) Mary is murdered by Protestant sympathizers.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Although Elizabeth and her Master of the Horse have known each other since Elizabeth was eight, when does their relationship become closer before her ascension to the throne?

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

4. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?

5. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?

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