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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Pining Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Jane Grey's parents?
(a) Henry Grey and Frances Brandon.
(b) Henry VIII and Frances Brandon.
(c) Henry VIII and Mary Tudor.
(d) Henry Grey and Mary Tudor.

2. What was the rumor circulating about Mary's involvement with the uprisings against the Act of Uniformity?
(a) That she was involved with the rebels.
(b) That she was against the uprising.
(c) That she lead the armies against the rebels.
(d) That she organized the uprisings.

3. What was the name of the brother of Earl of Hertford who resented him for his power after Henry VIII's death?
(a) Thomas Salisbury.
(b) Thomas Seymour.
(c) Thomas Sibley.
(d) Thomas Sumner.

4. When John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, became Lord President of the Council, how did he govern England?
(a) Like a dictator.
(b) Like a devotee.
(c) Like a delinquent.
(d) Like a dilettante.

5. What was the name of the epidemic that broke out in the summer of 1551?
(a) Plague.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Black death.
(d) Sweating sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Jane Grey's religious beliefs?

2. When Elizabeth was restored to favor after Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset, was released from the Tower, who requested her portrait?

3. What was Thomas Seymour's sentence changed to after he was taken to the Tower?

4. What was Sir William Sharington's title at the Bristol Mint?

5. What was the name of Henry VIII's final wife, who encouraged him to reinstate Mary in succession?

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