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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12 A Dangerous Person and A Vain Crack of Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What item(s) were discovered that incriminated Mary in Darnley's murder?
(a) The Casket Letters.
(b) The Estate Receipts.
(c) A record of her conversation with the murderer.
(d) A fingerprint on his neck.

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

4. Who, in a play for political power, may have been behind Amy Dudley's death?
(a) Throckmorton.
(b) William Cecil.
(c) De Quadra.
(d) Norfolk.

5. Who was the mother of Elizabeth I mother?
(a) Katherine Parr.
(b) Mary Tudor.
(c) Katharine of Aragon.
(d) Anne Boleyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom may Elizabeth I have been in love?

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

3. Why did Elizabeth press Mary Queen of Scots to wed Leicester?

4. What was the nickname of Mary I?

5. Who was Elizabeth's childhood teacher?

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