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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Queen Elizabeth is 40 years-old, what trait has become more pronounced in her?
(a) Her skill in the hunt.
(b) Her nervous irritability.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her artistry.

2. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?
(a) A seat of commercial exchange.
(b) A silk cloth manufacturing firm.
(c) A printing shop.
(d) A glass-making shop.

3. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the treasure Francis Drake brings home from Spanish ships his pirates have looted?
(a) Gives it to Prince Alenzon.
(b) Pays her soldiers to make war on Scotland.
(c) Keeps it and pays back Drake's investors.
(d) Returns it to Spain.

4. How does Queen Elizabeth revive the Royal Navy?
(a) She offers titles and lands for joining the Navy.
(b) She sends medicine to ailing sailors.
(c) She drafts more men into the Navy.
(d) She increases sailors' wages and builds strong ships.

5. Why does the Privy Council not mention Lord Burleigh's name to Queen Elizabeth after Burleigh dies?
(a) It makes Queen Elizabeth cry.
(b) The queen hated Burleigh.
(c) Queen Elizabeth had Burleigh executed.
(d) Burleigh was guilty of treason against the queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Queen Elizabeth confide in Chapter 21 that she hates the idea of marriage more every day?

2. Although Elizabeth and her Master of the Horse have known each other since Elizabeth was eight, when does their relationship become closer before her ascension to the throne?

3. When Alenzon and his ambassador are walking with Queen Elizabeth, what actions of the queen indicate her intent to marry Alenzon?

4. Why does Spain attack France in Chapter 27 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>?

5. When Queen Elizabeth orders the Earl of Essex to stay in Ireland and carry out his orders, what does he do?

(see the answer key)

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