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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. Who took over the French throne when King Henry II was killed?
(a) Henry III.
(b) Francis II.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Louis XII.

2. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?
(a) Mary I.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) Edward VI.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

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

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

5. At what age was Mary Stewart widowed?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Queen's court, in general, feel about Robert Dudley?

3. How did the Queen publicly humiliate Robert Dudley?

4. How was Lady Jane Grey related to Elizabeth?

5. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?

(see the answer key)

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