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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) French ships.
(b) Pirate ships.
(c) Spanish ships.
(d) Swedish ships.

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

3. If Mary Stuart agrees to accept the husband Queen Elizabeth suggests for her, what might Elizabeth consent to do for Mary?
(a) Be godmother to her children.
(b) Name her as heiress-presumptive to the English Crown.
(c) Give her an Army to help her take the French Crown.
(d) Give her an English estate.

4. 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 seizes English merchants' goods in the Netherlands.
(c) Spain imprisons English merchants in the Netherlands.
(d) A peace treaty is signed between England and Spain.

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

6. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?
(a) 25.
(b) 12.
(c) 32.
(d) 50.

7. In Chapter 5 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, what act do Parliament and the Privy Council pass?
(a) The Act of Supremacy and Uniformity.
(b) A law raising taxes.
(c) A law making Robert Dudley her heir.
(d) A law outlawing Catholicism in England.

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

9. How many people attend the state banquet in Westminster hall to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation?
(a) 12.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 50.
(d) 200.

10. 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 do not want to overthrow Elizabeth.
(c) That France has united with Elizabeth to fight the rebellion.
(d) That English Catholics have converted to the Anglican church.

11. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?
(a) Edward, Mary, Elizabeth.
(b) Lady Jane Grey, Edward, Mary.
(c) Mary, Elizabeth, Edward.
(d) Mary, Edward, Lady Jane Grey.

12. When Amy Dudley is found at the bottom of a staircase with a broken neck, who is immediately suspected of murdering her?
(a) William Cecil.
(b) Her husband, Lord Robert Dudley.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) Sir Christopher Hammond.

13. Which of the following statements does not describe Queen Elizabeth I's physical appearance?
(a) She has red-gold hair and very fair skin.
(b) She has her mother's sallow and dark complexion.
(c) She closely resembles her father, Henry VIII.
(d) Her eyes are golden and large-pupiled from short sight.

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

15. According to some books on heraldry of the period, what do the colors Queen Elizabeth tells Don Guzman de Silva are hers represent?
(a) Perpetual virginity.
(b) Victory in war.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Prosperity.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?

2. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?

3. Who does Elizabeth choose as her Master of the Horse when she first becomes queen?

4. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?

5. What colors does Queen Elizabeth tell Spanish ambassador Don Guzman de Silva are her colors?

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