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

2. Who wrote The Fairie Queen?
(a) Edmund Spenser.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Ben Jonson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

4. By 1587, how many pieces of jewelry did Elizabeth own?
(a) One hundred and two.
(b) Six hundred twenty-eight.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seven thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Queen need heirs?

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

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

4. What was the ceremony King's Evil?

5. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband?

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