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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. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?
(a) Yes, but changed her mind two days later.
(b) No, she refused to see him.
(c) No, she never even met him.
(d) Yes, but he died before they could wed.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Elizabeth, was she unable to marry Anjou?

2. Though generally healthy throughout her life, to what did Elizabeth sometimes succumb?

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

4. What was the English Enterprise?

5. By 1587, how many pieces of jewelry did Elizabeth own?

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