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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In whom does Mary Stuart confide when her marriage to Lord Darnley becomes unhappy?
(a) Queen Elizabeth of England.
(b) Sir William Cecil.
(c) Lady Lennox.
(d) Rizzio, her Italian secretary.

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

4. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?
(a) That she could not have children.
(b) That she was illegitimate and did not deserve the throne.
(c) That she was bald.
(d) That she was secretly married to the Earl of Leicester.

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

6. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"
(a) Because of her interest in the Navy.
(b) Because she swims a lot.
(c) Because England is a seafaring nation.
(d) Because she has a large Navy.

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

9. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) Sir Christopher Hammond.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley.

10. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?
(a) 25.
(b) 32.
(c) 12.
(d) 50.

11. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?
(a) Mary, Elizabeth, Edward.
(b) Edward, Mary, Elizabeth.
(c) Lady Jane Grey, Edward, Mary.
(d) Mary, Edward, Lady Jane Grey.

12. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?
(a) Lady Lennox.
(b) Rizzio.
(c) Lord Darnley.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

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

14. Who wants to marry Don Carlos, a criminal lunatic, to gain an alliance with Spain to help dethrone Elizabeth?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Catherine Grey.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Lettice Devereux.

15. In Chapter 5 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, what act do Parliament and the Privy Council pass?
(a) A law making Robert Dudley her heir.
(b) A law raising taxes.
(c) A law outlawing Catholicism in England.
(d) The Act of Supremacy and Uniformity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?

2. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?

3. Who agrees to be the godmother to the infant son of Mary Stuart?

4. Who is Princess Elizabeth's mother?

5. Which of the following actions does not occur in response to what Queen Elizabeth does with the cargo of the four Spanish ships?

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