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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) Prince Alenzon.
(c) Archduke Charles.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

2. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?
(a) The shape of the book is very irregular.
(b) Some minor events are relayed in great detail.
(c) The book is arranged in chronological order.
(d) Some important events get a very brief mention.

3. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) Lord Bothwell.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Lord Lennox.

4. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?
(a) They are disobedient to the Pope if loyal to the queen.
(b) They are traitors to the queen if obedient to the Pope.
(c) Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of England.
(d) Elizabeth's policy of religious compromise is shattered.

5. How do others see Lord Darnley?
(a) As a scholar.
(b) As a spiritual leader.
(c) As a brilliant politician.
(d) As a brainless, arrogant fool.

6. 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 increases sailors' wages and builds strong ships.
(d) She drafts more men into the Navy.

7. What happens to bring Princess Elizabeth to the English throne in place of Mary, her sister?
(a) Elizabeth weds Edward Courtenay and overthrows Mary.
(b) Mary is murdered by Protestant sympathizers.
(c) Mary dies after a long illness.
(d) Mary is overthrown by Mary Stuart and taken to the Tower.

8. Who does the Spanish Ambassador Don Gerau de Spies plot to marry to Mary Stuart to restore Catholicism to England?
(a) The Duke of Norfolk.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) The Duke of Alva.

9. How long has Queen Elizabeth ruled England at 37 years-old?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

10. Which of the following actions does not occur in response to what Queen Elizabeth does with the cargo of the four Spanish ships?
(a) England seizes property of Spanish men in England.
(b) Spain imprisons English merchants in the Netherlands.
(c) Spain seizes English merchants' goods in the Netherlands.
(d) A peace treaty is signed between England and Spain.

11. Where does the author say she gets her information about the queen from?
(a) Secret diaries of Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Secret diaries of Lord Burleigh.
(c) Various sources already published.
(d) Spanish and French documents about Elizabeth I.

12. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the cargo of the Spanish ships?
(a) Sends it to Spain.
(b) Sends it to France.
(c) Takes it to the Tower and keeps it.
(d) Gives it away to her people.

13. Where does Queen Elizabeth send Mary Stuart to at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Hatfield Palace.
(b) Tutbury Castle.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

14. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?
(a) Edward Courtenay.
(b) Sir Philip Sidney.
(c) Prince Philip of Spain.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

15. What are pearls said to symbolize?
(a) Virginity.
(b) Psychic ability.
(c) Women.
(d) Wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whom does Mary Stuart confide when her marriage to Lord Darnley becomes unhappy?

2. What kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Queen Elizabeth I's physical appearance?

4. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"

5. What Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?

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