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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Little Children Like Angels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Weir, Queen Mary was ______for the political savvy needed to be queen.
(a) Too arrogant.
(b) Ill-equipped.
(c) Equipped.
(d) Too vain.

2. According to Weir what was Mary's life goal that was a crowning achievement?
(a) To allow all religions as "one faith."
(b) To follow England's "manifest destiny."
(c) To eradicate "traitors" from the kingdom.
(d) To bring England back to the "true faith."

3. What was the expectation regarding Mary's relationship with Philip that she did not meet?
(a) That she would provide for him.
(b) That she would control him.
(c) That she would defer to him.
(d) That she would like him.

4. What was the name of Frances Brandon, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk's widow, marry after his execution?
(a) Avery Smalls.
(b) Allen Swanson.
(c) Arthur Sutton.
(d) Adrian Stokes.

5. What were Jane Grey's religious beliefs?
(a) She was Episcopalian.
(b) She was Catholic.
(c) She was Lutheran.
(d) She was Protestant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Thomas Seymour try to court King Edward VI's favor?

2. What act did Parliament repeal so that England could be reunited?

3. How did Jane Grey behave at her execution in contrast to her husband Guilford Dudley?

4. When Edward VI set out on a trip in June, 1552, what impeded his progress?

5. When Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, was beheaded, what did the crowds do?

(see the answer key)

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