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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Scottish Lords expect to find English Catholics waiting to rise and overthrow Elizabeth's government with them, but what do they find instead?
(a) That the plague has wiped out thousands.
(b) That English Catholics have converted to the Anglican church.
(c) That English Catholics do not want to overthrow Elizabeth.
(d) That France has united with Elizabeth to fight the rebellion.

2. What kind of stockings does Mrs. Montagu give Queen Elizabeth in 1560?
(a) Worsted stockings.
(b) Taffeta stockings.
(c) Knitted silk stockings.
(d) Wool stockings.

3. Whose household does Princess Elizabeth live in after her father's death?
(a) The Duke of Somerset.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Her stepmother, Catherine Parr, the Queen Dowager.
(d) Her half sister, Mary Tudor.

4. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?
(a) That she was bald.
(b) That she was illegitimate and did not deserve the throne.
(c) That she could not have children.
(d) That she was secretly married to the Earl of Leicester.

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

6. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?
(a) Lord Bothwell.
(b) James, her 13 month-old son.
(c) Lord Darnley.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

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

8. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to divorce Lord Darnley?
(a) It is a sin to divorce in her eyes.
(b) It could throw doubt on the legitimacy of her son.
(c) She loves him.
(d) Darnley has threatened to kill her if she divorces him.

9. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"
(a) Because she has a large Navy.
(b) Because she swims a lot.
(c) Because England is a seafaring nation.
(d) Because of her interest in the Navy.

10. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?
(a) Publicly declaring Mary Stuart guilty of Darnley's murder.
(b) Forcing Mary Stuart to marry the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Disallowing Mary Stuart's divorce from Bothwell.
(d) Keeping Mary Stuart in prison.

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

12. Who wants to marry Don Carlos, a criminal lunatic, to gain an alliance with Spain to help dethrone Elizabeth?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Lettice Devereux.
(d) Catherine Grey.

13. Who is murdered in the presence of the pregnant Mary Stuart?
(a) Rizzio.
(b) Lady Lennox.
(c) Lord Darnley.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

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

15. How does the author say teeth are cleaned during Queen Elizabeth's lifetime?
(a) Teeth were never cleaned then.
(b) By using a toothbrush just like people today use.
(c) By rubbing them with a cloth and using a toothpick.
(d) By rinsing the mouth with water and salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. With Spain supporting Mary Stuart and planning to invade England on her behalf, with what country is it important for Queen Elizabeth and England to form an alliance?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?

3. What disease does Queen Elizabeth contract and nearly die of?

4. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?

5. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?

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