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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?
(a) Prince Philip of Spain.
(b) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(c) The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey.
(d) Mary Stuart.

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

3. What do the Catholic bishops not want to do for Queen Elizabeth's coronation?
(a) Attend the ceremony.
(b) Bless the queen.
(c) Crown the queen.
(d) Offer prayers for the queen.

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

5. 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?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Edward Courtenay.
(c) Prince Philip of Spain.
(d) Mary Tudor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?

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

3. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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