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

2. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?
(a) Charles IX.
(b) Maximilian II.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Lord Darnley.

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

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

5. What did the Queen promise to do for anyone who would make trouble for France?
(a) She said she would pay him in gold.
(b) She said she would never forgive him.
(c) She said she would throw him a party.
(d) She said she would marry him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was one of the theories of why the Queen so enjoyed the company of the person in #25?

3. What religion did Elizabeth I practice?

4. What was Elizabeth's nickname for Robert Dudley when he was Master of Horse?

5. Why did Elizabeth renew her marriage negotiations with Erik of Sweden?

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