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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. Where did Elizabeth I stay after living in the Tower for a week?
(a) Somerset House.
(b) Richmond Park.
(c) Whitehall Palace.
(d) Wyndham Palace.

2. How old was Elizabeth when she was crowned Queen?
(a) 26 years old.
(b) 22 years old.
(c) 23 years old.
(d) 25 years old.

3. Why was there an interest in Elizabeth I marrying?
(a) She refused to name a successor.
(b) She was ill.
(c) She was not able to have children.
(d) She was getting old.

4. In what did Elizabeth I retain her independence from the Privy Council?
(a) Policy making.
(b) Vetoing decisions.
(c) Running Parliament.
(d) Finding a spouse.

5. What did women in the 16th century have little of?
(a) Power.
(b) Rights.
(c) Money.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interested Mary Queen of Scots in Chapter 6?

2. When was James born?

3. What did Elizabeth I decide her husband had to be, according to Chapter 4?

4. Who pressured Elizabeth I to marry and name a successor?

5. When did Edward contract tuberculosis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in June 1566 and what did Elizabeth I send word of?

2. What did the Privy Council advise Elizabeth I of regarding Darnley?

3. What did the Lord Protector have the Council investigate?

4. What was the main topic when Parliament convened in 1563?

5. Who was supposed to rule during Edwards' minority according to Chapter 2?

6. Who did Henry marry in January 1533?

7. Why was Elizabeth put under house arrest?

8. What did Elizabeth I say of when she would marry?

9. How did new laws change the monarch's relationship with the Church?

10. Why was Mary nicknamed "Bloody Mary"?

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