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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. What right did the Queen have in regard to her ladies in waiting?
(a) She had the right to execute them at will.
(b) She had the right to demand they dance.
(c) She had the right to approve their marriages.
(d) She had the right to send them to France.

2. Why was it dangerous for Mary to go abroad?
(a) She could gain support for European Catholics who wanted her to take the English throne.
(b) She was not well constituted to travel and was constantly ill.
(c) She could not swim and was deathly afraid of water.
(d) There was a contract taken out on her life by Scotland.

3. What failed movement did Northumberland and Westmoreland lead?
(a) The Southern Conflict.
(b) The War of the Roses.
(c) The Northern Uprising.
(d) The Irish Incident.

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

5. To whom was Elizabeth symbolically married?
(a) She was married to Sir Robert Dudley.
(b) She was married to King Philip of Spain.
(c) She was married to the people.
(d) She was married to the Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Earl of Bothwell?

2. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?

3. On what day was Elizabeth's coronation ceremony?

4. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?

5. Who succeeded King Francis II?

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