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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lady Lennox as a result of her matchmaking for a youth of royal blood without the Crown's permission?
(a) She is hung.
(b) She is imprisoned in the Tower.
(c) She is beheaded.
(d) She is banished to Scotland.

2. Why does Lord Burleigh's son-in-law, the Earl of Oxford, become angry with Lord Burleigh in Chapter 17?
(a) Burleigh borrows money from Oxford and fails to repay it.
(b) Burleigh accuses him of infidelity to his wife.
(c) Burleigh forbids him to gamble.
(d) Burleigh fails to save Oxford's cousin, the Duke of Norfolk.

3. At the end of Chapter 26, how does Queen Elizabeth tell her Privy Council to convert Catholics to Protestants?
(a) By their swords.
(b) By burning or hanging them.
(c) By the example of their lives.
(d) By torture.

4. Who will finance the invasion Mary Stuart anticipates?
(a) The Duke of Guise.
(b) Catherine de Medici.
(c) King James of Scotland.
(d) The King of Spain.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Prince Alenzon, Queen Elizabeth's French suitor?
(a) Pitted from smallpox.
(b) A large nose.
(c) Puny in size.
(d) Tall, muscular, and handsome.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Earl of Essex hides in his house and refuses to answer a summons to appear before the Privy Council, what do Lord Nottingham and Sir Henry Sidney do to get him to come out?

2. Who has a medal made to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

3. Why does Queen Elizabeth refuse the Prince of Orange's request to become queen of additional lands?

4. Who entertains Queen Elizabeth at his estate of Kenilworth in Chapter 18?

5. When rebellion starts in Ireland, who gets angry when Queen Elizabeth sends his uncle to Ireland to handle the situation instead of sending another man he recommends?

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