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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19, 20, and 21 Between Scylla and Charbdis, Practices at Home and Abroad, and The Tragical Execution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Mary Queen of Scots bequeath her claim to the English throne after her death?
(a) James VI of Scotland.
(b) Henry of Bourbon.
(c) William the Conqueror.
(d) Phillip of Spain.

2. Who succeeded to the French throne after the Duke of Anjou's death?
(a) Erik of Sweden, a Marxist.
(b) Henry of Bourbon, a Huguenot.
(c) John Proctor, a Puritan.
(d) Phillip of Spain, a Catholic.

3. What Papal Bull did Gregory XIII reissue?
(a) The Papal Bull excommunicating Ireland.
(b) The Papal Bull excommunicating Elizabeth.
(c) The Papal Bull excommunicating Montezuma.
(d) The Papal Bull excommunicating Phillip II.

4. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?
(a) She went to the castle gym.
(b) She went hunting.
(c) She took dancing lessons.
(d) She went jogging.

5. How did Amy Dudley's life end?
(a) She drowned after a shipwreck.
(b) She was killed by a vagrant with a sword.
(c) She contracted the sweating sickness.
(d) She fell down the stairs of her home and broke her neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Anjou return to wooing Elizabeth?

2. Why was Sir Walter Raleigh unpopular at court?

3. Why did the Queen need heirs?

4. When Anjou left her court for the last time, what did it symbolize?

5. How did Elizabeth punish her Catholic subjects for failing to attend Anglican church?

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