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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Lord Burleigh.
(b) Edward Seymour.
(c) Thomas Seymour.
(d) Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester.

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

3. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?
(a) That she was secretly married to the Earl of Leicester.
(b) That she could not have children.
(c) That she was bald.
(d) That she was illegitimate and did not deserve the throne.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?

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?

3. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?

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

5. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?

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