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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?
(a) Sir William Cecil.
(b) Edward Courtenay.
(c) Lord Robert Dudley.
(d) Lord Darnley.

2. To whom does Queen Elizabeth confide in Chapter 21 that she hates the idea of marriage more every day?
(a) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) The Earl of Sussex.
(d) Sir Francis Walsingham.

3. What kind of stockings does Mrs. Montagu give Queen Elizabeth in 1560?
(a) Wool stockings.
(b) Knitted silk stockings.
(c) Worsted stockings.
(d) Taffeta stockings.

4. How does the Pope respond when two English noblemen ask if assassinating Queen Elizabeth is a sin?
(a) He says murder is a sin, no matter who is murdered.
(b) He hires the two nobles to kill the queen.
(c) He says sending her out of the world is God's work, not sin.
(d) He asks English Catholics to rise against the queen.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?
(a) A French plot to make Mary Stuart Queen of England.
(b) A plan to stop the Spanish marriage of Queen Mary.
(c) A plot that results in Elizabeth going to the Tower.
(d) A plot to marry Princess Elizabeth to Edward Courtenay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?

2. Who becomes the ruler of England after King Henry VIII's death when Elizabeth is 14 years-old?

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. What does Queen Elizabeth ask to see when she visits Dr. John Dee at the beginning of Chapter 18?

5. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?

(see the answer key)

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