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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Sir Francis Drake.
(c) Lord Robert Dudley.
(d) Sir Thomas Wyatt.

4. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?
(a) The poet, Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) The Earl of Essex.
(c) The Pope.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

5. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?
(a) To show how similar Elizabeth I was to her father Henry VIII.
(b) To collect interesting personal information about Elizabeth I.
(c) To record the history of the Tudor dynasty.
(d) To earn the author a doctoral degree.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?

2. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?

3. Who keeps Princess Elizabeth from her dying brother's bedside and intercepts her correspondence to the young king?

4. 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?

5. What happens to Princess Elizabeth's mother when the princess is just a toddler?

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