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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?
(a) The book is arranged in chronological order.
(b) Some minor events are relayed in great detail.
(c) The shape of the book is very irregular.
(d) Some important events get a very brief mention.

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

3. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?
(a) Various sources already published.
(b) Secret diaries of Lord Burleigh.
(c) Secret diaries of Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Spanish and French documents about Elizabeth I.

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

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

6. 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 could not wait to marry.
(c) That she would marry six times like her father.
(d) That she would never marry.

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

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

9. Whose household does Princess Elizabeth live in after her father's death?
(a) The Duke of Somerset.
(b) Her stepmother, Catherine Parr, the Queen Dowager.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Her half sister, Mary Tudor.

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

11. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?
(a) Mary is overthrown by Mary Stuart and taken to the Tower.
(b) Elizabeth weds Edward Courtenay and overthrows Mary.
(c) Mary is murdered by Protestant sympathizers.
(d) Mary dies after a long illness.

12. What religion is Queen Mary Tudor determined to reinstate as England's national religion when she ascends to the throne?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Judaism.

13. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?
(a) White.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Purple.

14. How do others see Lord Darnley?
(a) As a brainless, arrogant fool.
(b) As a spiritual leader.
(c) As a brilliant politician.
(d) As a scholar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?

2. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?

5. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?

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