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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) His mother, Lady Lennox.
(d) William Cecil.

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

3. Who becomes the ruler of England after King Henry VIII's death when Elizabeth is 14 years-old?
(a) Elizabeth's nine-year-old half brother, Edward.
(b) Lady Jane Grey.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Elizabeth's 27 year-old half sister, Mary Tudor.

4. If Mary Stuart agrees to accept the husband Queen Elizabeth suggests for her, what might Elizabeth consent to do for Mary?
(a) Give her an English estate.
(b) Be godmother to her children.
(c) Name her as heiress-presumptive to the English Crown.
(d) Give her an Army to help her take the French Crown.

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

6. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?
(a) He says she watched a play.
(b) He says she got drunk.
(c) He says she danced and played the virginals.
(d) He says she slept with the Earl of Leicester that night.

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

8. Which of the following statements does not describe Queen Elizabeth I's physical appearance?
(a) She has red-gold hair and very fair skin.
(b) Her eyes are golden and large-pupiled from short sight.
(c) She closely resembles her father, Henry VIII.
(d) She has her mother's sallow and dark complexion.

9. How many people attend the state banquet in Westminster hall to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 200.
(c) 12.
(d) 50.

10. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to divorce Lord Darnley?
(a) It could throw doubt on the legitimacy of her son.
(b) She loves him.
(c) Darnley has threatened to kill her if she divorces him.
(d) It is a sin to divorce in her eyes.

11. What are pearls said to symbolize?
(a) Psychic ability.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Virginity.
(d) Women.

12. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?
(a) Philip Sidney.
(b) Thomas Seymour.
(c) The Duke of Northumberland.
(d) Sir Francis Drake.

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

14. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) Archduke Charles.
(d) Prince Alenzon.

15. What kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Pirate ships.
(b) Spanish ships.
(c) Swedish ships.
(d) French ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ends up in the Tower instead of the princesses because of the attempt to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne?

2. According to some books on heraldry of the period, what do the colors Queen Elizabeth tells Don Guzman de Silva are hers represent?

3. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?

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

5. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?

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