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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. Why did Elizabeth allow Darnley to escape to Scotland?
(a) She knew he was unfit to rule and would put Mary more firmly into her hands.
(b) She loved him and only wanted him to be happy.
(c) She knew Cecil was against the match and wanted to defy him.
(d) She was angry at Norfolk and wanted to talk Mary out of his hands.

2. To whom was Elizabeth symbolically married?
(a) She was married to the Pope.
(b) She was married to the people.
(c) She was married to Sir Robert Dudley.
(d) She was married to King Philip of Spain.

3. 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 he would go to France.
(d) They worried she would marry him.

4. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?
(a) Lord Darnley.
(b) Charles IX.
(c) Maximilian II.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

5. Who did Leicester secretly marry so he could have a legitimate heir?
(a) Katherine Parr.
(b) Lettice Knollys.
(c) Anne Boleyn.
(d) Katherine Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth I was queen of which country?

2. Who took over the Scottish monarch?

3. Who, in a play for political power, may have been behind Amy Dudley's death?

4. How many wives did Henry VIII have throughout his lifetime?

5. Who took over the French throne when King Henry II was killed?

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