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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What debts does Queen Elizabeth pay off in 1573?
(a) Debts to Spain.
(b) Debts to Germany.
(c) Debts to France.
(d) Debts her father and brother owe London.

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

3. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?
(a) He curses her and asks God to smite her.
(b) He calls Europe to war against her.
(c) He hires an assassin to kill her.
(d) He excommunicates her.

4. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Lord Bothwell.
(d) Lord Lennox.

5. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?
(a) Mary dies after a long illness.
(b) Mary is overthrown by Mary Stuart and taken to the Tower.
(c) Mary is murdered by Protestant sympathizers.
(d) Elizabeth weds Edward Courtenay and overthrows Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Princess Elizabeth's mother when the princess is just a toddler?

2. Where is the Duke of Norfolk sent to at the end of Chapter 12?

3. Although Elizabeth and her Master of the Horse have known each other since Elizabeth was eight, when does their relationship become closer before her ascension to the throne?

4. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?

5. Who says the Massacre of St. Bartholomew is the greatest crime since the Crucifixion?

(see the answer key)

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