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

2. With whom may Elizabeth I have been in love?
(a) King Erik of Sweden.
(b) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) Robert Dudley.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

3. Why did Queen Elizabeth refuse de' Medici's match for her?
(a) She thought Henry II was boorish.
(b) She thought Erik of Sweden was not well educated.
(c) She thought Charles IX was too young.
(d) She thought Francis II was too old.

4. Why was it dangerous for Mary to go abroad?
(a) She could not swim and was deathly afraid of water.
(b) She was not well constituted to travel and was constantly ill.
(c) There was a contract taken out on her life by Scotland.
(d) She could gain support for European Catholics who wanted her to take the English throne.

5. What did Mary Queen of Scots want Elizabeth to do for her?
(a) She wanted Elizabeth to give her permission to marry Dudley.
(b) She wanted Elizabeth to declare her the successor to the throne.
(c) She wanted Elizabeth to give her land in northern England.
(d) She wanted Elizabeth to make her a new gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?

2. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?

3. Why did the council worry about Elizabeth's relationship with Dudley?

4. Who did Mary Queen of Scots actually want to wed?

5. Who was the younger brother of Elizabeth I?

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