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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. Who was assisting Mary Queen of Scots in a bid for the English throne?
(a) Erik of Sweden.
(b) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) Rob Roy of Ireland.
(d) Philip of Spain.

2. Who wrote The Fairie Queen?
(a) Ben Jonson.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Edmund Spenser.
(d) Walt Whitman.

3. Why did Elizabeth remake Dudley into the Earl of Leicester?
(a) She wanted him to marry a Spanish heiress.
(b) She wanted him to be eligible to marry for herself.
(c) She owed him a favor and was tired of him whining.
(d) She wanted him to be a more attractive match for Mary Queen of Scots.

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

5. How long did Elizabeth reign?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 45 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of Mary I?

2. What was the ceremony King's Evil?

3. How did the Queen publicly humiliate Robert Dudley?

4. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?

5. Why did Elizabeth make a trip to the Tower before her coronation?

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