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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Spanish Ambassador Don Gerau de Spies plot to marry to Mary Stuart to restore Catholicism to England?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) The Duke of Alva.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

2. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?
(a) Elizabeth wears a white powder.
(b) Elizabeth is an albino.
(c) Elizabeth avoids sunlight.
(d) A lotion of egg white, eggshell, alum, borax & poppyseeds.

3. What does the Earl of Leicester tell the French ambassador that Queen Elizabeth said about marriage when she was eight years-old?
(a) That she wanted to marry Leicester.
(b) That she would marry six times like her father.
(c) That she would never marry.
(d) That she could not wait to marry.

4. What Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?
(a) Edward Courtenay.
(b) Prince Philip of Spain.
(c) The Duke of Norfolk.
(d) Mary Tudor.

5. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?
(a) It gives Scotland to France.
(b) It gives Scotland to Spain.
(c) It gives Scotland to Elizabeth.
(d) It recognizes Elizabeth as Queen of England.

6. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?
(a) They are intercepted by English troops and battle ensues.
(b) They succeed in rescuing her and escape to Scotland.
(c) They find she has been moved to Coventry.
(d) They are reported to the queen and flee to France.

7. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?
(a) Prince Philip of Spain.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey.
(d) Sir Thomas Wyatt.

8. How does the author say teeth are cleaned during Queen Elizabeth's lifetime?
(a) By using a toothbrush just like people today use.
(b) Teeth were never cleaned then.
(c) By rinsing the mouth with water and salt.
(d) By rubbing them with a cloth and using a toothpick.

9. Who does Queen Elizabeth suggest as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?
(a) Lord Darnley.
(b) Lord Robert Dudley.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) Sir William Cecil.

10. Where is the Duke of Norfolk sent to at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) The Tower.
(b) France.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Italy.

11. Where does Queen Elizabeth send Mary Stuart to at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) France.
(b) Tutbury Castle.
(c) Hatfield Palace.
(d) Spain.

12. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?
(a) Elizabeth's policy of religious compromise is shattered.
(b) They are disobedient to the Pope if loyal to the queen.
(c) They are traitors to the queen if obedient to the Pope.
(d) Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of England.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?

3. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to divorce Lord Darnley?

4. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?

5. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?

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