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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. 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) She kept the other countries from attacking by entertaining their proposals.
(d) They made Lord Dudley jealous, prompting him to propose.

2. Why did Elizabeth press Mary Queen of Scots to wed Leicester?
(a) She wanted to discourage Mary's other Catholic suitors.
(b) She wanted Mary Queen of Scots to come and live in England with her.
(c) She wanted to get Leicester out of the court.
(d) She wanted Erik of Sweden to be jealous.

3. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?
(a) He was Elizabeth's favorite cousin.
(b) He was Spain's great duke.
(c) He was Erik of Sweden's uncle.
(d) He was Charles IX's 19-year-old bisexual brother.

4. How did Elizabeth stave off the dangers from Catholics abroad?
(a) She moved everyone to Ireland.
(b) She declared war on the Catholics.
(c) She renewed marriage negotiations for protection.
(d) She paid Spain large amounts of gold to protect England.

5. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?
(a) Robert Dudley contracted the black death.
(b) She contracted smallpox and was in bed for six days.
(c) She got the stomach flu and was extremely dehydrated.
(d) She discovered an assassination plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mary Queen of Scots' main condition if she were to marry Leicester?

2. Who was the younger brother of Elizabeth I?

3. In what year did Henry VIII die?

4. To whom was Elizabeth symbolically married?

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

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