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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Elizabeth was restored to favor after Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset, was released from the Tower, who requested her portrait?
(a) The king.
(b) Roger Ascham.
(c) Edward Seymour.
(d) William Cecil.

3. What was the rumor circulating about Elizabeth's illness that Weir said there was no truth to?
(a) That she had a miscarriage.
(b) That she attempted suicide.
(c) That she had a sexually transmitted disease.
(d) That she was not ill.

4. 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 anyone celebrating Roman Catholic Mass could be imprisoned.
(b) That clergy had ultimate authority over the populace.
(c) That children born out of wedlock would be sent out of country.
(d) That unmarried women could not travel unaccompanied.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, seem virtuous even though he was greedy and corrupt?

2. Why did the Earl of Hertford believe he should be the Lord Protector of England after Henry VIII's death?

3. Why was Edward VI reluctant to sign Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset's death warrant?

4. When Protestants heard that Mary was staying with a Catholic gentleman, what did they do to his house?

5. What title did John Dudley get after Henry VIII's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was William Sharington and why did Thomas Seymour bribe him?

2. Why did Mary write Charles V for protection against the Protestants in 1549?

3. How did Jane Grey's parents treat her and what did it signify?

4. After fleeing Kenninghall when it is set fire by Protestants, what did Mary tell her councilors and household and why was it significant?

5. How were Elizabeth and Mary concerning the effect of being disinherited by their father?

6. How does Weir describe Mary's character and why is it significant?

7. What caused the Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector Edward Seymour to be overthrown by John Dudley?

8. Who did Mary solicit to help her escape England and how was it thwarted?

9. When the council of regents came into power after Henry VIII's death, who assumed positions of power and what were the consequences?

10. What prediction did Mary hear that made her resolve to stay in England and how is it significant?

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