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

2. Which English explorer blatantly sacked Spanish ships?
(a) Leicester.
(b) The Earl of Essex.
(c) Sir Francis Drake.
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh.

3. 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.

4. When Anjou left her court for the last time, what did it symbolize?
(a) It symbolized the end of the Netherlands.
(b) It symbolized the end of the Queen's courting days.
(c) It symbolized the end of the war between France and Spain.
(d) It symbolized the resolution to the succession.

5. Who finally accepted the crown of the Netherlands?
(a) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) The Duke of Anjou.
(d) Philip of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Elizabeth keep up her image as she aged?

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

3. What Papal Bull did Gregory XIII reissue?

4. To whom did Mary Queen of Scots bequeath her claim to the English throne after her death?

5. How many dresses did Elizabeth own?

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