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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Spanish Ambassador Don Gerau de Spies plot to marry to Mary Stuart to restore Catholicism to England?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) The Duke of Norfolk.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) The Duke of Alva.

2. Whose household does Princess Elizabeth live in after her father's death?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) The Duke of Somerset.
(c) Her half sister, Mary Tudor.
(d) Her stepmother, Catherine Parr, the Queen Dowager.

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

4. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?
(a) Lord Burleigh.
(b) Edward Seymour.
(c) Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Thomas Seymour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do four Spanish ships that take refuge in Plymouth and Southampton in December 1568 carry?

2. Who does the Earl of Leicester secretly marry in 1578?

3. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who appoints himself Duke of Somerset and Protector and advisor to young King Edward after King Henry VIII's death?

4. According to some books on heraldry of the period, what do the colors Queen Elizabeth tells Don Guzman de Silva are hers represent?

5. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?

(see the answer key)

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