View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sun Setteth at Last.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Essex executed?
(a) He was beheaded.
(b) He was hanged.
(c) He was drawn and quartered.
(d) He was drowned.

2. Who finally accepted the crown of the Netherlands?
(a) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) The Duke of Anjou.
(d) Philip of Spain.

3. Who did Elizabeth appoint as her secretary?
(a) Robert Dudley.
(b) Robert Cecil.
(c) Burghley.
(d) Essex.

4. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?
(a) She went jogging.
(b) She went to the castle gym.
(c) She took dancing lessons.
(d) She went hunting.

5. Who succeeded to the French throne after the Duke of Anjou's death?
(a) Phillip of Spain, a Catholic.
(b) John Proctor, a Puritan.
(c) Erik of Sweden, a Marxist.
(d) Henry of Bourbon, a Huguenot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In later years, what would Elizabeth's reign be called?

2. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?

3. In what year did Henry VIII die?

4. How did Elizabeth officially feel about Mary Queen of Scots' marriage?

5. How did the Queen's court, in general, feel about Robert Dudley?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 226 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample