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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. What would happen if Elizabeth I was to marry Dudley?
(a) The country would seek to kill Dudley.
(b) Elizabeth I would be overthrown.
(c) The country would be plunged into civil war.
(d) Elizabeth I and Dudley would be executed.

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

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

4. When was Edward born?
(a) October 1538.
(b) October 1536.
(c) October 1537.
(d) October 1539.

5. Who did Mary want to marry?
(a) Henry of France.
(b) Philip of Spain.
(c) Henry X of England.
(d) Philip of Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Elizabeth do to appease Mary?

2. Who did Baron Seymour of Sudeley marry?

3. When was Elizabeth proclaimed Queen according to Chapter 4?

4. What was the Privy Council in charge of?

5. Why was the planned rebellion against Mary moved up by two months?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a potential husband need to have according to Chapter 4 and why did it present a problem?

2. Why was Mary nicknamed "Bloody Mary"?

3. How would Mary, Queen of Scots have ascended to the throne?

4. What did Somerset hypothesize about Elizabeth?

5. What did Elizabeth want to ensure about Protestants?

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

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

8. What direction did Elizabeth I give to the Privy Council?

9. What happened on November 17, 1558 according to Chapter 4?

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

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