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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the park that Weir states the king's body really lie?
(a) Pembrokeshire park.
(b) Greenwich park.
(c) Northumberland park.
(d) Dartmoor park.

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

3. In addition to Charles V, who did Mary rely on for advice and protection?
(a) Francis van der Delft.
(b) Edward Seymour.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) John Dudley.

4. What was the name of Elizabeth's caretaker, who initially encouraged Elizabeth's infatuation with Thomas Seymour when he moved in with Katherine Parr?
(a) Kat Allen.
(b) Kat Ashley.
(c) Kat Auer.
(d) Kat Avon.

5. What was the penalty for being a heretic in Tudor England?
(a) Flogging.
(b) Branding.
(c) Shunning.
(d) Death.

6. What was Thomas Seymour's sentence changed to after he was taken to the Tower?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Quartering.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Beheading.

7. Why did the council of regents assume control after Henry VIII died?
(a) Because the queen decreed it.
(b) Because the people revolted.
(c) Because they won the majority vote.
(d) Because Prince Edward was not of age.

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

9. In addition to declaring that the Book of Common Prayer be used in all church services, what other decree did this Act of Uniformity declare?
(a) That clergy had ultimate authority over the populace.
(b) That anyone celebrating Roman Catholic Mass could be imprisoned.
(c) That unmarried women could not travel unaccompanied.
(d) That children born out of wedlock would be sent out of country.

10. What year did Parliament pass the Act of Uniformity that declared the Book of Common Prayer to be used in all church services?
(a) 1549.
(b) 1550.
(c) 1551.
(d) 1548.

11. Why did John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, begin to court Mary's good favor after discovering the king's condition?
(a) Because she was next in line to the throne.
(b) Because the king had requested it
(c) Because he had fallen in love with her.
(d) Because she had converted to Protestanism.

12. What was the name of the Catholic gentleman that Mary stayed with after the king's death?
(a) James Hemingway.
(b) John Huddlestone.
(c) Jason Hillsdale.
(d) Jeremy Hallway.

13. Why were both Catholics and Protestants offended by Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset's politics, which made him unpopular?
(a) Because they wanted him to be more moderate.
(b) Because they wanted him to take a more extreme stance in one direction or another.
(c) Because they disagreed with his Lutheran views.
(d) Because they wanted him to protect the masses.

14. Why was Jean Dubois sent to England, according to Weir?
(a) To thwart the king's plan to send Mary away.
(b) To take Francis van der Delft's place in rescuing Mary.
(c) To marry Mary so that she can't escape.
(d) To report back to the king Mary's plan to escape.

15. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thomas Seymour do around Elizabeth that made her uncomfortable and her caretaker concerned for her innocence?

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 did the Book of Common Prayer, which was passed by the council of regents, allow the clergy to do?

4. Who interrogated Elizabeth after Thomas Seymour was taken to the Tower?

5. Which queen did Henry VIII annul his marriage to after only six months?

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