This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16 The Axe Must Be the Next Warning and Less Agreeable Things to Think About.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the dual reasons for Elizabeth to live in such a large image?
(a) She was afraid of being forgotten.
(b) She was desperately trying to secure a marriage.
(c) She was stroking her ego and keeping up appearances for her people.
(d) She was competing with Mary Queen of Scots.

2. How many progresses did Elizabeth go on during her reign?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty-five.

3. Why, despite Elizabeth's competency, was England still suspicious of a female monarch?
(a) They remembered the disaster that was Mary Tudor's reign.
(b) They did not like Mary Queen of Scots.
(c) They knew Catherine de' Medici and did not like her.
(d) They were afraid of Elizabeth's power.

4. Who was Roberto Ridolfi?
(a) He was Catherine de'Medici's ambassador.
(b) He was Norfolk's secretary.
(c) He was almost assuredly Elizabeth's lover.
(d) He was a papal agent who wanted Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne.

5. What, the author theorizes, may have been part of Robin's allure for the Queen?
(a) She had all the control in their relationship.
(b) He was extremely wealthy and she needed money.
(c) She needed someone to teach her to ride a horse.
(d) He was the most handsome man who ever lived.