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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. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?
(a) He may have killed her to protect England.
(b) He may have killed her because she was too politically powerful.
(c) He may have killed her because he was jealous of Dudley.
(d) He may have killed her because he was psychotic.

2. What were the dual reasons for Elizabeth to live in such a large image?
(a) She was afraid of being forgotten.
(b) She was desperately trying to secure a marriage.
(c) She was competing with Mary Queen of Scots.
(d) She was stroking her ego and keeping up appearances for her people.

3. Who was sent to negotiate the treaty with Scotland and France?
(a) Robert Dudley.
(b) Pope Pius IV.
(c) Sir William Cecil.
(d) Nicholas Throckmorton.

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

5. Since Amy was not welcomed at court, how did she spend her time?
(a) She lived in solitude on their estate.
(b) She went on long visits to family and friends.
(c) She wrote poetry in the attics of the castle.
(d) She went on long trips to the Continent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Anjou return to wooing Elizabeth?

2. Which two members of Elizabeth's court fell into a power struggle?

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

4. Who, in a play for political power, may have been behind Amy Dudley's death?

5. What did Elizabeth do whenever people thought she was ill?

(see the answer key)

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