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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) When Elizabeth's father dies.
(b) When the Master of the Horse becomes Elizabeth's guardian.
(c) When Elizabeth almost dies of smallpox.
(d) When they are both imprisoned in the Tower of London.

2. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?
(a) Life in England during Elizabeth's reign.
(b) The Protestant Reformation.
(c) The Spanish Armada.
(d) Queen Elizabeth I.

3. Which of the following is not a place where glass is used in England as peacetime prosperity develops an increasing market for it?
(a) Windows of great houses and shops.
(b) Bathing pools
(c) Church altars.
(d) Drinking and looking glasses.

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

5. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the cargo of the Spanish ships?
(a) Sends it to Spain.
(b) Gives it away to her people.
(c) Takes it to the Tower and keeps it.
(d) Sends it to France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?

2. What skin disease has been thought from the time of Edward the Confessor to be curable by the sovereign's touch?

3. When Queen Elizabeth has an abscessed tooth but fears to have her tooth pulled, what convinces her to consent to have the procedure done?

4. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?

5. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?

(see the answer key)

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