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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 is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"
2. Who keeps Princess Elizabeth from her dying brother's bedside and intercepts her correspondence to the young king?
3. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?
4. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?
5. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Queen Elizabeth's appearance at age 37, twelve years into her reign.
2. Why is Catherine Grey's pregnancy so upsetting to Queen Elizabeth?
3. What is the author's intention in writing <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>? How does her intention affect the shape of the book?
4. What factors lead to Mary Stuart's trial and execution?
5. What makes Parliament break out into fistfights and how does Queen Elizabeth temporarily resolve the issue?
6. When she breaks her promise to marry him, how does Queen Elizabeth gratify Prince Alenzon?
7. Discuss the Earl of Leicester's marriage to Lettice Devereux and its affect on his relationship with Queen Elizabeth.
8. What action does Pope Pius take against the Protestant Elizabeth in 1570 and what effect does it have on Queen Elizabeth's policy of religious tolerance.
9. 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?
10. Explain how Queen Elizabeth's payment of the debts owed the City of London by King Henry VIII and King Edward VI increase her popularity with her people.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Queen Elizabeth's refusal to marry and provide an heir to the throne results in much frustration for her and her advisors, Parliament, and her people. Discuss the queen's perpetual spinsterhood and the advantages and disadvantages it brings to her personally and as a leader. What advantages and disadvantages does her spinsterhood bring to England? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss England's relationship with Spain during Queen Elizabeth's reign. How might each country benefit if Elizabeth marries King Philip of Spain? What factors make the two countries potential allies and what factors make the two countries potential enemies? How does their relationship change over the course of Queen Elizabeth's long reign? What factors contribute to England's defeat of the Spanish Armada? What would an alliance between these two countries through the queen's marriage mean to each country's relationship with France? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Earl of Essex's relationship with Queen Elizabeth and his rebellion against her in Ireland. What factors contribute to his eventual downfall and sentencing to the Tower?
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