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. Why couldn't Elizabeth rely as strongly on marriage proposals during this turbulent time?
(a) She was already engaged.
(b) She was already married.
(c) She was a little too old for marriage.
(d) The suitors were tired of her games.

2. Why did the Queen need heirs?
(a) She needed heirs because France had heirs.
(b) She needed heirs because Cecil wanted her to have them.
(c) She needed heirs to fight any pretenders to her throne.
(d) She needed heirs because she was lonely.

3. How was the court split in regard to the Queen's favorite?
(a) Pro-Mary and anti-Mary.
(b) Pro-Norlk and anti-Norfolk.
(c) Pro-Darnely and anti-Darnley.
(d) Pro-Leicester and anti-Leicester.

4. Who else was involved in Ridolfi's plot?
(a) Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) Lord Burghley and the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Sussex and Lettice Knollys.
(d) Westmorland and Northumberland.

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 the most handsome man who ever lived.
(c) He was extremely wealthy and she needed money.
(d) She needed someone to teach her to ride a horse.