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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?
(a) He drowns.
(b) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.
(c) He is killed in a sword fight.
(d) He gets the plague.

3. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?
(a) Queen Elizabeth I.
(b) Life in England during Elizabeth's reign.
(c) The Protestant Reformation.
(d) The Spanish Armada.

4. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?
(a) Mary is overthrown by Mary Stuart and taken to the Tower.
(b) Elizabeth weds Edward Courtenay and overthrows Mary.
(c) Mary dies after a long illness.
(d) Mary is murdered by Protestant sympathizers.

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) Edward Seymour.
(c) Thomas Seymour.
(d) Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?

2. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?

3. When representatives of Parliament beg the queen to marry, who does Queen Elizabeth claim to already be married to?

4. Who does Queen Elizabeth suggest as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

5. During her era, what is unusual about the way Queen Elizabeth bathes?

(see the answer key)

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