This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19, 20, and 21 Between Scylla and Charbdis, Practices at Home and Abroad, and The Tragical Execution.

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 did the Duke of Norfolk die?
(a) He was drowned.
(b) He was hanged, drawn, and quartered.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was beheaded.

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

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

5. Why did the council worry about Elizabeth's relationship with Dudley?
(a) They worried he would marry the princess of Spain.
(b) They worried she would execute him.
(c) They worried she would marry him.
(d) They worried he would go to France.