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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6 Presumptions of Evil and Dishonourable and Naughty Reports.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason did the Queen give in her refusal of Erik of Sweden?
(a) She was offended that he did not speak English.
(b) She had only weeks to live because of illness.
(c) She promised herself to Robert Dudley.
(d) She was disinclined to marry, especially someone who would be absent from the country.

3. Who publicly accused Dudley of interfering in state business?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Mary of Guise.
(d) Roger Ascham.

4. Why did Edward VI perish in 1553?
(a) He was in a carriage accident.
(b) He contracted tuberculosis.
(c) He suffered from the bubonic plague.
(d) He drowned at sea.

5. Who succeeded King Francis II?
(a) Erik of Sweden.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) Charles IX.
(d) Philip II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose marriage proposal did the Queen turn down because she wished to remain single?

2. What was Elizabeth's nickname?

3. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?

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

5. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?

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