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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, A Merciful Princess; Chapter 10, The Marriage of Princes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sir William Sharington's title at the Bristol Mint?
(a) Vice President.
(b) Vice Treasurer.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) President.

2. What did Thomas Seymour blackmail Sir William Sharington for?
(a) For blackmailing the king.
(b) For spying on the king.
(c) For consorting with the king.
(d) For defrauding the king.

3. How does Weir characterize Guilford Dudley?
(a) As crazy.
(b) As spoiled.
(c) As intellectual.
(d) As depraved.

4. According to Weir, what could John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, have done with the king's body to avoid an autopsy?
(a) Burned it.
(b) Buried it.
(c) Hid it.
(d) Switched it.

5. Why did Mary not want Jane Grey to be executed?
(a) Because she worried this would be her fate too.
(b) Because she thought it was hypocritical.
(c) Because she felt that Jane was a pawn.
(d) Because she was opposed to the death penalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The council warned Mary that opposing Jane Grey's execution would be perceived as what?

2. What did Thomas Seymour's allies warn him against?

3. Why did Mary imply that Edward VI was not old enough to attend council meetings, according to Weir?

4. Whom did the public want Queen Mary to wed?

5. What did Queen Mary want Elizabeth to do?

(see the answer key)

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