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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are pearls said to symbolize?
(a) Psychic ability.
(b) Women.
(c) Virginity.
(d) Wealth.

2. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?
(a) Sir William Cecil.
(b) Lord Robert Dudley.
(c) Edward Courtenay.
(d) Lord Darnley.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?

2. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?

3. Who keeps Princess Elizabeth from her dying brother's bedside and intercepts her correspondence to the young king?

4. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?

5. Whose household does Princess Elizabeth live in after her father's death?

(see the answer key)

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