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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How do others see Lord Darnley?
(a) As a brilliant politician.
(b) As a brainless, arrogant fool.
(c) As a spiritual leader.
(d) As a scholar.

3. Which of the following is not a place where glass is used in England as peacetime prosperity develops an increasing market for it?
(a) Church altars.
(b) Bathing pools
(c) Windows of great houses and shops.
(d) Drinking and looking glasses.

4. 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) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.
(b) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.
(c) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.
(d) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.

5. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?
(a) Lord Darnley.
(b) Catherine de Medici.
(c) Lady Lennox.
(d) Rizzio.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?

4. When the Earl of Oxford mistreats his wife, Ann, to what does Burleigh attribute the younger man's misbehavior?

5. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?

(see the answer key)

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