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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?
(a) The Duke of Northumberland.
(b) Philip Sidney.
(c) Thomas Seymour.
(d) Sir Francis Drake.

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

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

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

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

6. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) Lord Bothwell.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Lord Lennox.

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

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

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

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

11. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) William Cecil.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) His mother, Lady Lennox.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?

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

4. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?

5. Who is Princess Elizabeth's mother?

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