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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Princess Elizabeth's mother?
(a) Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII's third wife.
(b) Catherine of Aragon, King Henry VIII's first wife.
(c) Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII's fifth wife.
(d) Ann Boleyn, King Henry VIII's second wife.

4. Which of the following actions does not occur in response to what Queen Elizabeth does with the cargo of the four Spanish ships?
(a) England seizes property of Spanish men in England.
(b) A peace treaty is signed between England and Spain.
(c) Spain seizes English merchants' goods in the Netherlands.
(d) Spain imprisons English merchants in the Netherlands.

5. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction when her Privy Council finds insufficient evidence to charge Norfolk with treason?
(a) She hires an assassin to kill Norfolk.
(b) She says she will behead him by her own authority and faints.
(c) She is relieved and publicly thanks God.
(d) She has Norfolk poisoned in secret to make sure he is dead.

6. 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) Mary Tudor.
(b) Prince Philip of Spain.
(c) Edward Courtenay.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

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

8. 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 slept with the Earl of Leicester that night.
(b) He says she watched a play.
(c) He says she got drunk.
(d) He says she danced and played the virginals.

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

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

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

12. When Mary Stuart demands that Queen Elizabeth send her clothes suitable for her position, what does one of Elizabeth's maids send Mary?
(a) A patched and ragged dress.
(b) Two worn-out chemises, a length of black velvet, and shoes.
(c) A golden, pearl-studded dress.
(d) A needle and thread to sew her own clothing.

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

14. What is King Henry VIII's relationship to Lady Jane Grey?
(a) He is her great uncle.
(b) He is her father.
(c) He is her grandfather.
(d) He is her uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Scotland's Protestant Lords deal with Lord Darnley?

3. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?

4. 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?

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

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