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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Scottish Lords expect to find English Catholics waiting to rise and overthrow Elizabeth's government with them, but what do they find instead?
(a) That English Catholics have converted to the Anglican church.
(b) That the plague has wiped out thousands.
(c) That English Catholics do not want to overthrow Elizabeth.
(d) That France has united with Elizabeth to fight the rebellion.

2. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) Prince Philip of Spain.
(c) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(d) The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey.

3. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?
(a) He says she got drunk.
(b) He says she watched a play.
(c) He says she slept with the Earl of Leicester that night.
(d) He says she danced and played the virginals.

4. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?
(a) The Reformed Church.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Catholicism.

5. What kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Swedish ships.
(b) Spanish ships.
(c) Pirate ships.
(d) French ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a place where glass is used in England as peacetime prosperity develops an increasing market for it?

2. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction when her Privy Council finds insufficient evidence to charge Norfolk with treason?

3. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?

4. Why does Lord Burleigh's son-in-law, the Earl of Oxford, become angry with Lord Burleigh in Chapter 17?

5. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?

(see the answer key)

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