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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Philip left to help Charles V in his wars, how was Mary's state of mind about his departure?
(a) She was elated.
(b) She was afraid.
(c) She was depressed.
(d) She was relieved.

2. What was the tradition for queens and kings as they awaited the birth of their child?
(a) The queen was confined without her ladies six weeks beofre birth and no one is to see her.
(b) The queen and king ware confined six weeks before birth and the only one to see them are their attendants.
(c) The queen was confined with her ladies six weeks before birth and the only man to see her is her husband.
(d) The queen was confined with her ladies six weeks before birth and no one is to see her.

3. How did Stephen Gardiner respond to heretics in his diocese?
(a) He tortured them.
(b) He did not torture them.
(c) He condemned them.
(d) He did not condemn them.

4. Where did Mary and Philip go in April 1555 to await the birth of their child?
(a) Hampton Court.
(b) Tower of London.
(c) Manor at Oxford.
(d) Whitehall.

5. What date was Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, executed?
(a) June 30, 1553.
(b) March 11, 1555.
(c) November 4, 1551.
(d) February 23, 1554.

6. What three reasons does Weir provide about why Frances Brandon's marriage to her second husband was scandalous?
(a) He had no royal blood; he was twice her age; and he left his pregnant wife.
(b) He was French; he was twice her age; and he left his pregnant wife.
(c) He had no royal blood; he was half her age; and she was pregnant.
(d) He was French; he was half her age; and she was pregnant.

7. When was Elizabeth's romance with Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, believed to have begun?
(a) Before her sister's marriage.
(b) At the manor of Oxford.
(c) During her confinement.
(d) When she was taken to Whitehall.

8. How did Elizabeth feel about her guardian when she was placed under house arrest?
(a) She feared him.
(b) She resented him.
(c) She appreciated him.
(d) She loved him.

9. Before Queen Mary, the English had not had a female sovereign since what century?
(a) Twelfth.
(b) Eleventh.
(c) Thirteenth.
(d) Fourteeth.

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

11. When did the nickname "Bloody Mary" become associated with Mary?
(a) During the Counter-Reformation.
(b) At the Reformation.
(c) Centuries later.
(d) Before her ascension.

12. How was Philip of Spain greeted when he arrived in England?
(a) With lackluster crowds.
(b) With no one.
(c) With great fanfare.
(d) With a mob.

13. How many courtiers attended the public bedding ceremony between Mary and Philip of Spain?
(a) Just a few.
(b) Too many.
(c) A lot.
(d) One.

14. How did the English people feel toward Philip of Spain once he was married to the queen?
(a) They obeyed him.
(b) They loved him.
(c) They admired him.
(d) They resented him.

15. Whom did the public want Queen Mary to wed?
(a) William Cecil.
(b) Stephen Gardiner.
(c) Edward Courtenay.
(d) Roger Ascham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary learn in September of 1554?

2. Why were the Protestant rebels stopped in London?

3. Why did Queen Mary want Elizabeth to come to London when the Protestant rebellion began?

4. Before Philip left to help Charles V in his wars, what did he ask Mary to do?

5. What did Guilford Dudley ask from his Jane Grey and how did she respond?

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