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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10 A Matter Dangerous to the Common Amity and Things Grivouser and Worse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who was the Queen's favorite person at court?
(a) Catherine de'Medici.
(b) Mary, Queen of Scots.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) Robert Dudley.

2. How did the Queen publicly humiliate Robert Dudley?
(a) She destroyed his Letters Patent.
(b) She refused to dance with him at the next party.
(c) She called him names and bade him leave.
(d) She sent him to the gallows.

3. Why did Elizabeth remake Dudley into the Earl of Leicester?
(a) She owed him a favor and was tired of him whining.
(b) She wanted him to marry a Spanish heiress.
(c) She wanted him to be eligible to marry for herself.
(d) She wanted him to be a more attractive match for Mary Queen of Scots.

4. How was Lady Jane Grey related to Elizabeth?
(a) She was her aunt.
(b) She was her mother.
(c) She was her cousin.
(d) She was her sister.

5. How did Elizabeth's marriage games ultimately help England?
(a) The games became very popular in parlors across Europe.
(b) They kept Elizabeth busy while Henry ran the country.
(c) They made Lord Dudley jealous, prompting him to propose.
(d) She kept the other countries from attacking by entertaining their proposals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why wouldn't Elizabeth I name a successor?

2. Why did Queen Elizabeth refuse de' Medici's match for her?

3. Which two members of Elizabeth's court fell into a power struggle?

4. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband?

5. Why, though a political lightweight, was Darnley not allowed to go to Scotland?

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