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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?
(a) Spanish and French documents about Elizabeth I.
(b) Secret diaries of Lord Burleigh.
(c) Various sources already published.
(d) Secret diaries of Queen Elizabeth.

3. Who is Princess Elizabeth's mother?
(a) Catherine of Aragon, King Henry VIII's first wife.
(b) Ann Boleyn, King Henry VIII's second wife.
(c) Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII's third wife.
(d) Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII's fifth wife.

4. Whose household does Princess Elizabeth live in after her father's death?
(a) Her half sister, Mary Tudor.
(b) The Duke of Somerset.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Her stepmother, Catherine Parr, the Queen Dowager.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?

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. 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?

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