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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What colors does Queen Elizabeth tell Spanish ambassador Don Guzman de Silva are her colors?
(a) Yellow and white.
(b) Red, green, and blue.
(c) Black, red, and gray.
(d) Black and white.

2. Why does Lord Burleigh's son-in-law, the Earl of Oxford, become angry with Lord Burleigh in Chapter 17?
(a) Burleigh fails to save Oxford's cousin, the Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Burleigh accuses him of infidelity to his wife.
(c) Burleigh forbids him to gamble.
(d) Burleigh borrows money from Oxford and fails to repay it.

3. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?
(a) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.
(b) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.
(c) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.
(d) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.

4. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Judaism.

5. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?
(a) A lotion of egg white, eggshell, alum, borax & poppyseeds.
(b) Elizabeth wears a white powder.
(c) Elizabeth avoids sunlight.
(d) Elizabeth is an albino.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?

2. 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?

3. What are pearls said to symbolize?

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

5. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?

(see the answer key)

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