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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Queen Elizabeth wear to ride through her troops and inspire them?
(a) A steel corset and helmet with white plumes.
(b) A pirate's hat.
(c) A male soldier's uniform.
(d) A suit of armor.

2. Who is assassinated in 1584?
(a) William of Orange.
(b) Prince Alenzon.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

3. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) Sir Francis Walsingham.
(c) Lord Burleigh.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

4. What countries do skilled workers in things like felt, thread, lace, and silk come from, bringing their thriving trades with them?
(a) The Netherlands and France.
(b) China and Japan.
(c) Italy and Spain.
(d) Germany and Sweden.

5. What skin disease has been thought from the time of Edward the Confessor to be curable by the sovereign's touch?
(a) Scrofula, a tubercular skin infection.
(b) Vitiligo.
(c) Warts.
(d) Leprosy.

6. With whom does Sir Philip Sidney fall in love?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Penelope Devereux.
(c) Elizabeth Cavendish.
(d) Lettice Devereux.

7. When Mary Stuart writes Queen Elizabeth in Chapter 22, who does she blame for the gossip about her?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) Catherine de Medici.
(d) Lady Shrewsbury.

8. What is Queen Elizabeth's appetite like at 60 years-old?
(a) She wants a lot of sweets.
(b) She eats less than ever.
(c) She wants only soft foods like puddings.
(d) She eats more than ever.

9. To whom does King Philip of Spain decide to give England?
(a) To Prince Alenzon.
(b) To his wife.
(c) To the Earl of Leicester.
(d) To one of his daughters.

10. What number has Essex's army of 16,000 men been reduced to due to his ineptitude?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 4,000.

11. Which of the following is not an entertainment provided for Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Kenilworth?
(a) Hunting a hart.
(b) A bear-baiting.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Fishing.

12. What name does Queen Elizabeth give what Sir Thomas Gresham establishes in London in 1571?
(a) Silk and Satin.
(b) Princess Printing.
(c) Elizabeth's Exchange.
(d) The Royal Exchange.

13. Which of the following statements does not describe Prince Alenzon, Queen Elizabeth's French suitor?
(a) Tall, muscular, and handsome.
(b) Puny in size.
(c) A large nose.
(d) Pitted from smallpox.

14. Why does Lord Burleigh's son-in-law, the Earl of Oxford, become angry with Lord Burleigh in Chapter 17?
(a) Burleigh fails to save Oxford's cousin, the Duke of Norfolk.
(b) Burleigh forbids him to gamble.
(c) Burleigh accuses him of infidelity to his wife.
(d) Burleigh borrows money from Oxford and fails to repay it.

15. When Queen Elizabeth has an abscessed tooth but fears to have her tooth pulled, what convinces her to consent to have the procedure done?
(a) Herbs can put her to sleep for the procedure.
(b) Her abscess causes a high fever that threatens her life.
(c) The Bishop of London has his tooth pulled as an example.
(d) The Earl of Leicester offers to pull the tooth for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Queen Elizabeth does not renew a tax on sweet wines that the Earl of Essex depends on for his income, what does Essex do?

2. At the end of Chapter 26, how does Queen Elizabeth tell her Privy Council to convert Catholics to Protestants?

3. What is the Babington plot?

4. Who is the Earl of Essex's mother?

5. Who does Catherine de Medici propose as a husband for Mary Stuart in Chapter 15?

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