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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What rumors persisted about the Queen and Robert Dudley?
(a) It was rumored they were going to elope to Germany.
(b) It was rumored they were sister and brother.
(c) It was rumored they were going to stage a coup.
(d) It was rumored they had a physical relationship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?

2. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?

3. Who was Hugh O'Neill?

4. What was courtly love?

5. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?

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