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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. At what age was Mary Stewart widowed?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty.

2. Why, despite Elizabeth's competency, was England still suspicious of a female monarch?
(a) They were afraid of Elizabeth's power.
(b) They did not like Mary Queen of Scots.
(c) They knew Catherine de' Medici and did not like her.
(d) They remembered the disaster that was Mary Tudor's reign.

3. What was the ceremony King's Evil?
(a) A ceremony where commoners would be invited to the monarch's court for a day.
(b) A ceremony where the monarch was shuttered inside a church for cleansing.
(c) A ceremony where the monarch laid their hands on the ill in hopes of curing them.
(d) A ceremony where the monarch was carried across the threshold of each residence.

4. Why, according to Elizabeth, was she unable to marry Anjou?
(a) She did not love him.
(b) She was in love with Phillip of Spain.
(c) She was jealous of his mistresses.
(d) She wanted the approval of her people.

5. Who succeeded King Francis II?
(a) Charles IX.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) Erik of Sweden.
(d) Philip II.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?

2. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?

3. Who succeeded to the French throne after the Duke of Anjou's death?

4. In her portraits, Elizabeth wanted the myth of the Virgin Queen to take precedence over what?

5. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?

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