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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Scotland's Protestant Lords deal with Lord Darnley?
(a) They force him to divorce Mary Stuart.
(b) They drown him.
(c) They imprison him.
(d) They blow up his house and strangle him.

2. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?
(a) Lord Bothwell.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) Lord Lennox.

3. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?
(a) Her request for a passport is denied.
(b) English Catholics try to put her on the English throne.
(c) Her boat capsizes in the English Channel.
(d) She gets smallpox.

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

5. During her era, what is unusual about the way Queen Elizabeth bathes?
(a) She does not use soap.
(b) She bathes her entire body in an oval bath.
(c) She bathes in icy water.
(d) She only bathes once a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do four Spanish ships that take refuge in Plymouth and Southampton in December 1568 carry?

2. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"

3. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?

4. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?

5. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?

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