Elizabeth R: The Marriage Game QUIZ

1) C, Robert Dudley

2) D, Henry Lord Darnley

3) T

4) sword

5) A, Robert Earl of Leicester

6) B, smallpox

7) Lady Katherine Grey

8) Katherine Howard

9) C, Lettice Knollys

10) Ireland


Glenda Jackson IS Elizabeth


My library was Dukedom large enough... (The Tempest 1.2)

1. Who became Elizabeth’s Master of Horse?
a) William Cecil
b) Earl of Sussex
c) Robert Dudley
d) Philip Sydney

c

2. In this episode who was NOT mentioned as a suitable candidate for Elizabeth’s hand?
a) Philip II King of Spain
b) Ferdinand Archduke of Austria
c) Eric King of Sweden
d) Henry Lord Darnley

d

3. T/F: William Cecil quickly put Robert Dudley on trial for the murder of his wife Amy Dudley without the consent or knowledge of the Queen. F

4. FIB: Sussex: "Lord Robert one day you will plunge a ________ in your heart!"
Mary Sidney: "If he can find it!"
(Hint: One Word ~ Instrument of Death) dagger

5. After King Francis’ death, Mary Queen of Scots was in the market for a husband. Elizabeth offered whom?
a) Robert Earl of Leiceister
b) Henri Duke of Alencon
c) Thomas Duke of Norfolk
d) Richard Duke of Kent
a

6. What illness did Elizabeth catch from Bishop de Quadra?
a) Pneumonia
b) Smallpox
c) Influenza
d) A Cold

b
7. T/F: When the Queen’s life was in great danger her councilors suggested informing Lady Katherine Grey and Lord Huntington? T

8. FIB: Robert Dudley: "When you were 8 years old, you told me you would never marry. I did not believe you."
Queen Elizabeth I: "You have forgotten what happened when I was 8 years old."
Robert Dudley: "________________?" Catherine Howard
(Hint: One of Henry VIII’s Six Wives ~ First and Last Name)

9. Which of Elizabeth cousins did Robert Dudley flirt with?
a) Catherine Carey
b) Lady Mary Howard
c) Lettice Knollys
d) Jane Lady Rochford
c

10. Where was question #9’s husband fighting in?
a) France
b) Spain
c) Wales
d) Ireland

a

ROFL at Question 9, Option D: Jane, Lady Rochford!

4-It's Norfolk, not Sussex, who makes the dagger in the heart comment.