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

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 27 year-old half sister, Mary Tudor.
(c) Elizabeth's nine-year-old half brother, Edward.
(d) Mary Stuart.

2. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?
(a) Sir Francis Drake.
(b) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(c) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(d) Lord Robert Dudley.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?

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

3. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?

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

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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