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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) He is her lover.
(b) He is her guard while she is in the tower.
(c) He is her cousin.
(d) He is her Secretary of State.

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

4. Which of the following actions does not occur in response to what Queen Elizabeth does with the cargo of the four Spanish ships?
(a) A peace treaty is signed between England and Spain.
(b) Spain imprisons English merchants in the Netherlands.
(c) England seizes property of Spanish men in England.
(d) Spain seizes English merchants' goods in the Netherlands.

5. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Sir Francis Drake.
(c) Thomas Seymour, Somerset's brother & Edward's uncle.
(d) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is King Henry VIII's relationship to Lady Jane Grey?

2. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?

3. What happens to Princess Elizabeth's mother when the princess is just a toddler?

4. With Spain supporting Mary Stuart and planning to invade England on her behalf, with what country is it important for Queen Elizabeth and England to form an alliance?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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