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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. Whose marriage proposal did the Queen turn down because she wished to remain single?
(a) Philip of Spain.
(b) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) Robin Dudley.
(d) William Cecil.

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

3. What was the main event Elizabeth's council wanted to take place?
(a) They wanted to go to war with Spain.
(b) They wanted to lower taxes.
(c) They wanted her to marry and produce an heir.
(d) They wanted to have a coronation ball.

4. The Treaty of Blois allied what two countries?
(a) England and France.
(b) France and Spain.
(c) England and Spain.
(d) France and Sweden.

5. Why wouldn't Elizabeth I name a successor?
(a) She was too busy.
(b) She could not decide who would be best.
(c) She did not want to give up her power.
(d) She had no one appropriate to succeed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elizabeth do whenever people thought she was ill?

2. Of what religious persuasion was Henry III?

3. The Treaty of Bristol allied what two countries?

4. How did Lord Darnley perish?

5. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?

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