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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lady Lennox as a result of her matchmaking for a youth of royal blood without the Crown's permission?
(a) She is banished to Scotland.
(b) She is beheaded.
(c) She is hung.
(d) She is imprisoned in the Tower.

2. What invasion is Mary Stuart anticipating at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) An invasion of England on her behalf by Spain.
(b) An invastion of France by Scotland.
(c) An invastion of England by Scottish Lords.
(d) An invasion of Scotland by Queen Elizabeth.

3. Who entertains Queen Elizabeth at his estate of Kenilworth in Chapter 18?
(a) The Duke of Alba.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) Sir Henry Sidney.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

4. With what married woman and cousin of Queen Elizabeth does the Earl of Leicester have an affair?
(a) Lady Mary Sidney.
(b) Catherine Grey.
(c) Lettice Devereux.
(d) Lady Lennox.

5. Which of the following is not a sign of Queen Elizabeth's advancing age?
(a) Her robes are too heavy to wear.
(b) She stumbles on the steps of the Throne.
(c) She needs a cane and becomes forgetful.
(d) She wears wigs.

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

7. Who does the Scottish Regent Morton implicate in Lord Darnley's murder?
(a) Lord Burleigh.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

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

9. What hunchback becomes Queen Elizabeth's advisor and England's Lord Treasurer, replacing his father in the position?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) The Earl of Essex.
(c) Robert Cecil, Lord Burleigh's son.
(d) Sir Christopher Hatton.

10. When Alenzon and his ambassador are walking with Queen Elizabeth, what actions of the queen indicate her intent to marry Alenzon?
(a) She sets a wedding date.
(b) She kisses Alenzon on the lips and gives him a ring.
(c) She signs a marital contract with France.
(d) She tells her Privy Council she agrees to the match.

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

12. Why does Queen Elizabeth refuse the Prince of Orange's request to become queen of additional lands?
(a) The lands are too poor to interest her.
(b) The lands are too infested with pirates to interest her.
(c) Doing so would put England at open war with Spain.
(d) She would have to marry him to become the queen.

13. To whom does Queen Elizabeth confide in Chapter 21 that she hates the idea of marriage more every day?
(a) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) Sir Francis Walsingham.
(c) The Earl of Sussex.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

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

15. When Queen Elizabeth orders the Earl of Essex to stay in Ireland and carry out his orders, what does he do?
(a) He joins Tyrone's rebellion against the queen.
(b) He runs away to France.
(c) He obeys her commands.
(d) He ignores her commands and returns to England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Queen Elizabeth name as her successor?

2. When the Earl of Essex hides in his house and refuses to answer a summons to appear before the Privy Council, what do Lord Nottingham and Sir Henry Sidney do to get him to come out?

3. When the Earl of Leicester marries in 1578, what step does his bride's father take to ensure the marriage is legal?

4. Why does King Philip of Spain think England is his territory?

5. What does Queen Elizabeth do to combat Catherine de Medici's plans for Mary Stuart?

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