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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. Who was Mary Queen of Scots' adviser?
(a) Throckmorton.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) James Stuart, the Earl of Moray.

2. Why did the Queen need heirs?
(a) She needed heirs because France had heirs.
(b) She needed heirs because she was lonely.
(c) She needed heirs because Cecil wanted her to have them.
(d) She needed heirs to fight any pretenders to her throne.

3. Why did Elizabeth want her suitors to visit England in person?
(a) She wanted to interrogate them to make sure they were honest.
(b) She was unable to travel to them because of illness.
(c) She would not marry someone she had not met.
(d) She wanted to kidnap them and hold them for ransom.

4. With whom may Elizabeth I have been in love?
(a) King Erik of Sweden.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) Robert Dudley.
(d) The Archduke Ferdinand.

5. What was the nickname of Mary I?
(a) Bloody Mary.
(b) The Queen of Scots.
(c) Maggie.
(d) The Virgin Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did Mary Queen of Scots think she was entitled?

2. Why was Norfolk committed to the Tower?

3. What failed movement did Northumberland and Westmoreland lead?

4. What right did the Queen have in regard to her ladies in waiting?

5. Why did Elizabeth make a trip to the Tower before her coronation?

(see the answer key)

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