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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) He is her Secretary of State.
(b) He is her lover.
(c) He is her cousin.
(d) He is her guard while she is in the tower.

2. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?
(a) Kat Ashley.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Catherine Grey.
(d) Lady Lennox.

3. What disease does Queen Elizabeth contract and nearly die of?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Diptheria.
(d) Cancer.

4. Who does Lady Lennox arrange a marriage with for her son Lord Charles Stuart, a claimant to the English throne?
(a) Catherine de Medici.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Elizabeth Cavendish.
(d) Catherine Grey.

5. 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?
(a) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(b) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(d) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"

2. What invasion is Mary Stuart anticipating at the beginning of Chapter 22?

3. How does the author say teeth are cleaned during Queen Elizabeth's lifetime?

4. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?

5. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?

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