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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 A Court at Once Gay, Decadent, and Superb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two members of Elizabeth's court fell into a power struggle?
(a) Throckmorton and Norfolk.
(b) De Quadra and Ben Jonson.
(c) Shakespeare and Marley.
(d) William Cecil and Robert Dudley.

2. 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 to protect England.
(c) He may have killed her because she was too politically powerful.
(d) He may have killed her because he was psychotic.

3. Who did Mary Queen of Scots actually want to wed?
(a) The Early of Leicester.
(b) Erik of Sweden.
(c) Lord Darnley, son of Mary Stuart.
(d) The Earl of Moray, her half-brother.

4. How did Elizabeth take her meals?
(a) Privately; she disliked eating in public.
(b) She ate with her ladies in waiting.
(c) She only ate with the Earl of Leicester.
(d) In huge banquet halls: she hated eating alone.

5. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Fifteen years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Elizabeth's marriage games ultimately help England?

2. How many progresses did Elizabeth go on during her reign?

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

4. What was courtly love?

5. When was Elizabeth officially excommunicated from the Catholic Church?

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