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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) Archduke Charles.
(c) Prince Alenzon.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

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

3. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?
(a) Secret diaries of Lord Burleigh.
(b) Spanish and French documents about Elizabeth I.
(c) Various sources already published.
(d) Secret diaries of Queen Elizabeth.

4. Who does the Spanish Ambassador Don Gerau de Spies plot to marry to Mary Stuart to restore Catholicism to England?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) The Duke of Norfolk.
(c) The Duke of Alva.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

5. Where does Queen Elizabeth send Mary Stuart to at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Tutbury Castle.
(b) Hatfield Palace.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

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. 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?

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

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what does Parliament want to force Queen Elizabeth to do?

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