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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, despite Elizabeth's competency, was England still suspicious of a female monarch?
(a) They did not like Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) They knew Catherine de' Medici and did not like her.
(c) They remembered the disaster that was Mary Tudor's reign.
(d) They were afraid of Elizabeth's power.

2. Why did Elizabeth avoid the homes of her childhood?
(a) She enjoyed the Tower more than all the residences.
(b) She did not have good memories from those places.
(c) They were occupied by her other relatives.
(d) They were fallen into disrepair and too expensive to fix.

3. Why did Elizabeth have to execute Norfolk?
(a) Norfolk insulted her and claimed she was an incompetent ruler.
(b) She had to make an example of either him or Mary who was an anointed sovereign.
(c) She promised the Earl of Leicester she would sentence Norfolk to death.
(d) She was forced into executing him by the Parliament.

4. Who finally accepted the crown of the Netherlands?
(a) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(b) Philip of Spain.
(c) The Duke of Anjou.
(d) Elizabeth I.

5. What did all of Essex's coup supporters have in common?
(a) They were all short of money.
(b) They were all Catholic.
(c) They were all committed to the Tower.
(d) They were all Spanish.

6. Who led the expedition to aid Henry IV against the Catholic French and Spanish?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Essex.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Norfolk.

7. Where did Elizabeth deliver her famous speech to the troops?
(a) Galway.
(b) Whitehall.
(c) Tilbury.
(d) London.

8. What was the ceremony King's Evil?
(a) A ceremony where commoners would be invited to the monarch's court for a day.
(b) A ceremony where the monarch was shuttered inside a church for cleansing.
(c) A ceremony where the monarch laid their hands on the ill in hopes of curing them.
(d) A ceremony where the monarch was carried across the threshold of each residence.

9. Why weren't there many women at Elizabeth's court?
(a) The men did not bring them because they wanted to marry Elizabeth.
(b) Most women died in childbirth.
(c) She preferred to be the center of male attention.
(d) The female courtiers did not like her and refused to go.

10. What right did the Queen have in regard to her ladies in waiting?
(a) She had the right to approve their marriages.
(b) She had the right to demand they dance.
(c) She had the right to send them to France.
(d) She had the right to execute them at will.

11. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?
(a) No, she refused to see him.
(b) No, she never even met him.
(c) Yes, but changed her mind two days later.
(d) Yes, but he died before they could wed.

12. Who did Leicester secretly marry so he could have a legitimate heir?
(a) Anne Boleyn.
(b) Katherine Parr.
(c) Lettice Knollys.
(d) Katherine Howard.

13. Who did Catherine de' Medici suggest for Elizabeth to marry, though he was only seventeen?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Hercules-Francis, Duke of Alencon.
(c) Lord Hunsdon.
(d) Lord Shrewsbury.

14. What member of the Queen's court died on August 4, 1598?
(a) Essex.
(b) Burghley.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Cecil.

15. What was courtly love?
(a) It was when a male lover paid homage to an unattainable mistress.
(b) It was when two lovers were discovered by a member of court.
(c) It was when members of the court married.
(d) It was when members of the court wrote poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Leicester choose to lavish his affections on after Douglas Howard?

2. What was Elizabeth's favorite art form?

3. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?

4. Who was sent as Essex's replacement in Ireland?

5. How was Essex perceived by the English public?

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