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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a comet appears over London, what do many people believe it heralds?
(a) The coming of the plague.
(b) The death of some great person.
(c) The coming of war.
(d) The coming of great prosperity.

2. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) The Duke of Norfolk.
(c) Lord Burleigh.
(d) Sir Francis Walsingham.

3. When representatives of Parliament beg the queen to marry, who does Queen Elizabeth claim to already be married to?
(a) Sir William Cecil.
(b) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(c) Lord Robert Dudley.
(d) The Kingdom of England.

4. In Chapter 23, how long are all Jesuits and seminary priests and all those who entered the Catholic priesthood since 1559 given to leave England?
(a) One month.
(b) One year.
(c) One week.
(d) 40 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lord Burleigh suggest that Queen Elizabeth rid herself of Alenzon when the prince insists they must marry as she promised?

2. Who is assassinated in 1584?

3. Who marries Lord Sheffield's widow four days before she gives birth to his son?

4. Who does Queen Elizabeth suggest as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

5. Who does the Spanish Ambassador Don Gerau de Spies plot to marry to Mary Stuart to restore Catholicism to England?

(see the answer key)

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