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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?
(a) A printing shop.
(b) A glass-making shop.
(c) A silk cloth manufacturing firm.
(d) A seat of commercial exchange.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Queen Elizabeth I's physical appearance?
(a) Her eyes are golden and large-pupiled from short sight.
(b) She has her mother's sallow and dark complexion.
(c) She closely resembles her father, Henry VIII.
(d) She has red-gold hair and very fair skin.

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 slept with the Earl of Leicester that night.
(b) He says she watched a play.
(c) He says she danced and played the virginals.
(d) He says she got drunk.

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

5. When Queen Elizabeth hesitates to intervene in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland, how does William Cecil persuade her to take action?
(a) He asks Lord Robert Dudley to persuade her.
(b) He tells her the nobles support war.
(c) He tells her Mary Stuart has declared war.
(d) He threatens to resign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?

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

3. What happens to Lady Lennox as a result of her matchmaking for a youth of royal blood without the Crown's permission?

4. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the cargo of the Spanish ships?

5. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?

(see the answer key)

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