1. When Mary Stuart demands that Queen Elizabeth send her clothes suitable for her position, what does one of Elizabeth's maids send Mary?
(a) A needle and thread to sew her own clothing.
(b) A golden, pearl-studded dress.
(c) Two worn-out chemises, a length of black velvet, and shoes.
(d) A patched and ragged dress.

2. When the Earl of Oxford mistreats his wife, Ann, to what does Burleigh attribute the younger man's misbehavior?
(a) The Earl's Catholicism and Ann's Protestantism.
(b) Oxford's preference for another woman.
(c) Ann's infidelity.
(d) Burleigh's refusal to loan Oxford a large sum of money.

3. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the treasure Francis Drake brings home from Spanish ships his pirates have looted?
(a) Keeps it and pays back Drake's investors.
(b) Returns it to Spain.
(c) Gives it to Prince Alenzon.
(d) Pays her soldiers to make war on Scotland.

4. In addition to anyone who murders Queen Elizabeth, who does the Bond of Associate bind Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council to pursue to death?
(a) Anyone who murders the Earl of Leicester.
(b) Anyone who murders a member of the Privy Council.
(c) Anyone in whose interest Queen Elizabeth is murdered.
(d) Anyone who finances Queen Elizabeth's murder.

5. What does Queen Elizabeth do to combat Catherine de Medici's plans for Mary Stuart?
(a) She says she wants the Duke of Anjou for herself.
(b) She forces Mary Stuart to wed the Earl of Leicester.
(c) She sends Mary Stuart to a convent for the rest of her life.
(d) She goes to war with France.