View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did women in the 16th century have little of?

2. What did Elizabeth I do to force Darnley to return to England?

3. What capacity was Sir William Cecil appointed to?

4. Who was Elizabeth's companion even as his wife was in the country?

5. What happened to Dudley's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Mary, Queen of Scots, interested in remarrying according to Chapter 6?

3. What did Henry VIII request from Pope Clement VII in Chapter 1?

4. What did Mary, Queen of Scots, refuse to accept ?

5. What did Elizabeth want to ensure about Protestants?

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

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

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

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

10. What was the Act of Restrain of Appeals which Parliament passed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the causes of the Inquisition in Europe, the impact of the Inquisition, and how it was resolved.

Essay Topic 2

Examine Henry VIII's relationship with the Roman Church and discuss the significance of the Act of Restraint of Appeals.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the significance of marriage, including its benefits and drawbacks, for Elizabeth based on her perspective and that of the Privy Council.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 460 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample