Mary Queen of Scots

Question 1

Mary was the only child of ………

Answer 1

James V of Scotland

Question 2

she was granddaughter of ………………… so she was related to the Tudors. this meant that….

Answer 2

Margaret Tudor

Mary had a strong claim to the English throne.

Question 3

Mary was ……….. so her claim to the throne was supported by many of the other Catholics.

Answer 3

Catholic

Question 4

when did Mary Queen of Scots become Queen of Scotland?

Answer 4

1542 (when she was 6 days old)

Question 5

because Mary was 6 days old when she became Queen, her mother acted as …….., while Mary was raised in France

Answer 5

regent (she ruled on Mary’s behalf)

Question 6

in 1558, when she was 15 years old, Mary married the heir to the ……….. throne. However, he died suddenly in 1560, and Mary returned to………

Answer 6

French

Scotland

Question 7

Mary wanted to be named as heir to the English throne, but Elizabeth ……

Answer 7

was unwilling to do this. she feared that making Mary her heir would encourage Catholic plots, both at home and abroad, to overthrow her and make Mary queen.

Question 8

Mary fled to England in………

Answer 8

1568

Question 9

in 1565, Mary married the Scottish nobleman …………..

Answer 9

Lord Darnley

Question 10

Darnley hated Mary’s personal secretary, …………..

Answer 10

Rizzio

Question 11

Darnley was convinced that Mary and Rizzio were….

Answer 11

having an affair

Question 12

In 1566, a group of Scottish nobles, and Darnley, did what to Rizzio?

Answer 12

stabbed him to death.

Question 13

when was Darnley murdered?

Answer 13

1567

Question 14

many people believed that ……… and ……………….. were behind the murder of Darnley. these suspicions were confirmed when………

Answer 14

Mary and her close friend, the Earl of Bothwell

Mary and Bothwell got married a few months later

Question 15

the marriage between Mary and Bothwell was unpopular with the Scottish nobles, who …………

Answer 15

rebelled against Mary. They imprisoned her and forced her to abdicate in favour of her one year old son, James.

Question 16

some people, including ……………, believed that the Scottish nobles didn’t have the right to overthrow Mary.
as a result, they didn’t accept her …………… and still viewed her as the legitimate Queen of Scotland.

Answer 16

Elizabeth.

abdication

Question 17

abdication

Answer 17

giving up the throne

Question 18

in ….., Mary escaped from prison and ……… . Her forces were defeated in battle and she fled to ………….

Answer 18

1968
raised an army
England

Question 19

Mary hoped that Elizabeth would help her………… .

Elizabeth was not willing to do this because ……..

Answer 19

regain control of Scotland
Mary’s claim to the throne meant that there would be a constant threat of invasion from the north if Mary regained control of Scotland.

Question 20

what did Elizabeth do to Mary instead of helping her regain control of Scotland?

Answer 20

she had Mary imprisoned and set up an inquiry to investigate whether she had been involved in Darnley’s murder.

Question 21

what letters were presented in the inquiry to investigate whether Mary had been responsible in Darnley’s murder?

Answer 21

“Casket Letters”

Question 22

what did the Casket letters involve?

Answer 22

several letters apparently written by Mary to Bothwell, which implicated the pair in Darnley’s murder.

Question 23

Mary’s supporters insisted that the Casket letters between Mary and Bothwell were ……….., but most members in the inquiry believed they were ……………

Answer 23

forgeries

genuine

Question 24

Elizabeth didn’t want to inquiry to find Mary ……… because…….

Answer 24

guilty
if Mary was found guilty then it would lend support to the actions of the Scottish nobles, who has overthrown Mary, their legitimate Queen.

Question 25

however, Elizabeth didn’t want the inquiry to prove Mary not guilty because ………..

Answer 25

this would force her to release Mary.

if she was released, then she might use her claim to the English throne to try and overthrow Elizabeth.

Question 26

in the end, what happened to the inquiry?

what was the result of this?

Answer 26

it didn’t reach a verdict.

Elizabeth could keep Mary imprisoned.

Question 27

Elizabeth hoped that the imprisonment of Mary would prevent her from …….., but Mary’s presence caused problems for Elizabeth throughout the next 20 years.

Answer 27

becoming the centre of Catholic plots.