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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the Catholic bishops not want to do for Queen Elizabeth's coronation?
(a) Crown the queen.
(b) Offer prayers for the queen.
(c) Attend the ceremony.
(d) Bless the queen.

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

5. 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 Army to help her take the French Crown.
(b) Give her an English estate.
(c) Be godmother to her children.
(d) Name her as heiress-presumptive to the English Crown.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?
(a) He is killed in a sword fight.
(b) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.
(c) He gets the plague.
(d) He drowns.

12. 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 plot to marry Princess Elizabeth to Edward Courtenay.
(c) A plan to stop the Spanish marriage of Queen Mary.
(d) A French plot to make Mary Stuart Queen of England.

13. How do Scotland's Protestant Lords deal with Lord Darnley?
(a) They drown him.
(b) They imprison him.
(c) They force him to divorce Mary Stuart.
(d) They blow up his house and strangle him.

14. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?
(a) The poet, Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) The Earl of Essex.
(c) The Pope.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

15. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?
(a) A lotion of egg white, eggshell, alum, borax & poppyseeds.
(b) Elizabeth wears a white powder.
(c) Elizabeth is an albino.
(d) Elizabeth avoids sunlight.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?

3. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?

4. How does Queen Elizabeth revive the Royal Navy?

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

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