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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) The poet, Sir Philip Sidney.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) The Pope.

2. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?
(a) Catherine Grey.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Kat Ashley.
(d) Lady Lennox.

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

4. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who appoints himself Duke of Somerset and Protector and advisor to young King Edward after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(b) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(d) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.

5. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?
(a) Lady Lennox.
(b) Lord Darnley.
(c) Rizzio.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?

3. What does the Earl of Leicester tell the French ambassador that Queen Elizabeth said about marriage when she was eight years-old?

4. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?

5. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?

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