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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to divorce Lord Darnley?

2. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?

3. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?

4. What kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?

5. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the Earl of Leicester's marriage to Lettice Devereux and its affect on his relationship with Queen Elizabeth.

2. What makes Parliament break out into fistfights and how does Queen Elizabeth temporarily resolve the issue?

3. What is the "Bloody Question" and how does it affect Catholic priests in England?

4. Discuss the irony of the date of Elizabeth's death.

5. Discuss Lord Darnley's claim to the English throne. What factors make him a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

6. What is Elizabeth's relationship with her brother, King Edward VI, like?

7. Why are Lady Lennox and Lady Shrewsbury sent to the Tower when their children marry?

8. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's bout with smallpox and what fear her illness arouses in her councilors.

9. Discuss how Lord Darnley becomes king of Scotland and what the Protestant Lords of Scotland feel about his elevated role.

10. What luxuries does the prosperity of peace under Queen Elizabeth bring to the English people and how does the queen's home reflect this luxury?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the rivalry between Queen Elizabeth and Lettice Knollys. Are the two women rivals on other levels in addition to being rivals for Robert Dudley? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Queen Elizabeth's relationship with Lord Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, from its beginning during her childhood to its end with the earl's death. Discuss Leicester's lingering influence on the queen after his death. Do you think the queen loves Leicester in the romantic sense or strictly as a friend? Do you think Leicester ever loves the queen in the romantic sense? Does he only use her to further his ambition? What factors keep them from marrying? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the religious climate in England during Henry VIII's reign. How does it change during King Edward's reign, Mary Tudor's reign, and Queen Elizabeth's reign? Discuss the persecution of heretics, the religious leanings of each monarch, and how both Catholics and Protestants plot to regain power when a monarch who favors the other faith comes to power. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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