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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?
(a) Lord Darnley.
(b) James, her 13 month-old son.
(c) Lord Bothwell.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

2. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Islam.
(c) The Reformed Church.
(d) Catholicism.

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

4. 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 could not wait to marry.
(b) That she would never marry.
(c) That she would marry six times like her father.
(d) That she wanted to marry Leicester.

5. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) Philip Sidney.
(d) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.

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

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

8. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?
(a) He calls Europe to war against her.
(b) He hires an assassin to kill her.
(c) He curses her and asks God to smite her.
(d) He excommunicates her.

9. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?
(a) Sir Thomas Wyatt.
(b) Sir Francis Drake.
(c) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(d) Lord Robert Dudley.

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

11. 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) Sir Francis Drake.
(d) The Duke of Northumberland.

12. How does Queen Elizabeth revive the Royal Navy?
(a) She sends medicine to ailing sailors.
(b) She increases sailors' wages and builds strong ships.
(c) She offers titles and lands for joining the Navy.
(d) She drafts more men into the Navy.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the ruler of England after King Henry VIII's death when Elizabeth is 14 years-old?

2. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?

3. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the cargo of the Spanish ships?

4. 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?

5. What happens to Princess Elizabeth's mother when the princess is just a toddler?

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