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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. Why wouldn't Elizabeth I name a successor?
(a) She did not want to give up her power.
(b) She could not decide who would be best.
(c) She had no one appropriate to succeed.
(d) She was too busy.

2. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband?
(a) He was forgiven by the people after his guilty verdict.
(b) Too much suspicion was cast upon Robert for him to marry the Queen.
(c) He was distraught and would not speak for weeks.
(d) He was gleeful and immediately proposed to Elizabeth.

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

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

5. Why, though a political lightweight, was Darnley not allowed to go to Scotland?
(a) He was a simple person and it was feared he would get lost on the way.
(b) He was dreadfully ill and contagious.
(c) Queen Elizabeth was probably in love with him.
(d) It was feared he would elope with Mary Queen of Scots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it dangerous for Mary to go abroad?

2. Why did Elizabeth renew her marriage negotiations with Erik of Sweden?

3. What failed movement did Northumberland and Westmoreland lead?

4. At what age was Mary Stewart widowed?

5. How did Amy Dudley's life end?

(see the answer key)

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