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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?
(a) To collect interesting personal information about Elizabeth I.
(b) To earn the author a doctoral degree.
(c) To record the history of the Tudor dynasty.
(d) To show how similar Elizabeth I was to her father Henry VIII.

3. In whom does Mary Stuart confide when her marriage to Lord Darnley becomes unhappy?
(a) Lady Lennox.
(b) Sir William Cecil.
(c) Rizzio, her Italian secretary.
(d) Queen Elizabeth of England.

4. When Queen Elizabeth hesitates to intervene in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland, how does William Cecil persuade her to take action?
(a) He asks Lord Robert Dudley to persuade her.
(b) He tells her the nobles support war.
(c) He tells her Mary Stuart has declared war.
(d) He threatens to resign.

5. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?

2. Who agrees to be the godmother to the infant son of Mary Stuart?

3. How many people attend the state banquet in Westminster hall to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation?

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

5. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?

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