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

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

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

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

5. How many dresses did Elizabeth own?
(a) Four.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Three thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finally accepted the crown of the Netherlands?

2. Why did the Queen need heirs?

3. When Anjou left her court for the last time, what did it symbolize?

4. Since Amy was not welcomed at court, how did she spend her time?

5. How did the Queen publicly humiliate Robert Dudley?

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