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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Leicester choose to lavish his affections on after Douglas Howard?
(a) Katherine Howard.
(b) Katherine Parr.
(c) Lettice Knollys.
(d) Anne Boleyn.

2. To whom did Mary Queen of Scots bequeath her claim to the English throne after her death?
(a) Phillip of Spain.
(b) James VI of Scotland.
(c) William the Conqueror.
(d) Henry of Bourbon.

3. 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 execute them at will.
(c) She had the right to demand they dance.
(d) She had the right to send them to France.

4. The Treaty of Blois allied what two countries?
(a) England and Spain.
(b) France and Sweden.
(c) France and Spain.
(d) England and France.

5. 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 laid their hands on the ill in hopes of curing them.
(c) A ceremony where the monarch was carried across the threshold of each residence.
(d) A ceremony where the monarch was shuttered inside a church for cleansing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor persisted about Essex's secret meeting with Tyrone?

2. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

3. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?

4. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?

5. Who was Hugh O'Neill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who started the youth movement in England and why?

2. What were the results of Essex's Ireland campaign?

3. How did Elizabeth cultivate the people's love?

4. What did Burghley's death symbolize?

5. What was the Treaty of Blois?

6. Why was Mary, finally, beheaded?

7. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

8. How was Elizabeth's health throughout her reign?

9. Why were the English people prejudiced against female monarchs?

10. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

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