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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 and 23 Eliza Triumphant and Great England's Glory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Norfolk committed to the Tower?
(a) He offended Elizabeth in front of the court.
(b) He plotted to marry Catherine de'Medici.
(c) Elizabeth thought he would lead an uprising using Mary Queen of Scots.
(d) Elizabeth was in love with him and he angered her.

2. What was Elizabeth's nickname for the person in #129?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Frog.

3. What was the main event Elizabeth's council wanted to take place?
(a) They wanted to lower taxes.
(b) They wanted to have a coronation ball.
(c) They wanted her to marry and produce an heir.
(d) They wanted to go to war with Spain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Queen need heirs?

2. Which English explorer blatantly sacked Spanish ships?

3. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?

4. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?

5. Why couldn't Elizabeth rely as strongly on marriage proposals during this turbulent time?

(see the answer key)

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