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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people attend the state banquet in Westminster hall to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 12.

3. 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) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(b) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(c) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(d) Sir Christopher Hatton.

4. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?
(a) Thomas Seymour.
(b) Sir Francis Drake.
(c) The Duke of Northumberland.
(d) Philip Sidney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, what act do Parliament and the Privy Council pass?

2. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?

3. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?

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

5. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?

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