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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes the ruler of England after King Henry VIII's death when Elizabeth is 14 years-old?
(a) Lady Jane Grey.
(b) Elizabeth's nine-year-old half brother, Edward.
(c) Elizabeth's 27 year-old half sister, Mary Tudor.
(d) Mary Stuart.

2. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) He is her cousin.
(b) He is her guard while she is in the tower.
(c) He is her lover.
(d) He is her Secretary of State.

3. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?
(a) The Spanish Armada.
(b) Life in England during Elizabeth's reign.
(c) The Protestant Reformation.
(d) Queen Elizabeth I.

4. Who keeps Princess Elizabeth from her dying brother's bedside and intercepts her correspondence to the young king?
(a) Edward Seymour.
(b) The Earl of Essex.
(c) The Duke of Northumberland.
(d) Thomas Seymour.

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

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. 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?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?

4. Who is Princess Elizabeth's mother?

5. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?

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