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

2. Whose marriage proposal did the Queen turn down because she wished to remain single?
(a) William Cecil.
(b) Robin Dudley.
(c) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(d) Philip of Spain.

3. In what year did Henry VIII die?
(a) 1647.
(b) 1747.
(c) 1547.
(d) 1447.

4. Who does Elizabeth I succeed?
(a) Mary Queen of Scots, her aunt.
(b) Katharine of Aragon, her stepmother.
(c) Lady Jane Grey, her cousin.
(d) Mary I, her sister.

5. Who did Mary Queen of Scots actually want to wed?
(a) The Early of Leicester.
(b) Erik of Sweden.
(c) Lord Darnley, son of Mary Stuart.
(d) The Earl of Moray, her half-brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary Queen of Scots want Elizabeth to do for her?

2. How were Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots related?

3. How long did Elizabeth reign?

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

5. In Chapter 4, who was the Queen's favorite person at court?

(see the answer key)

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