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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?
(a) She is Catholic.
(b) Her country is short of funds, men, and ships.
(c) She fears French intervention on Scotland's behalf.
(d) She fears retribution from Mary Stuart.

2. Who wants to marry Don Carlos, a criminal lunatic, to gain an alliance with Spain to help dethrone Elizabeth?
(a) Lettice Devereux.
(b) Catherine Grey.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?
(a) Mary, Elizabeth, Edward.
(b) Mary, Edward, Lady Jane Grey.
(c) Edward, Mary, Elizabeth.
(d) Lady Jane Grey, Edward, Mary.

4. According to some books on heraldry of the period, what do the colors Queen Elizabeth tells Don Guzman de Silva are hers represent?
(a) Prosperity.
(b) Perpetual virginity.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Victory in war.

5. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?
(a) Philip Sidney.
(b) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(c) The Duke of Norfolk.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What do the Catholic bishops not want to do for Queen Elizabeth's coronation?

4. 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?

5. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?

(see the answer key)

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