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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a comet appears over London, what do many people believe it heralds?
(a) The death of some great person.
(b) The coming of the plague.
(c) The coming of war.
(d) The coming of great prosperity.

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

3. What famous poem does Sir Philip Sidney write in honor of the woman he loves?
(a) Beloved.
(b) Silver Fairies and Golden Gnomes,
(c) Astrophel and Stella.
(d) Love Song to an Enchantress.

4. What poet writes Queen Elizabeth about the disadvantages of marrying Prince Alenzon?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Sir Philip Sidney.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Byron.

5. At the end of Chapter 26, how does Queen Elizabeth tell her Privy Council to convert Catholics to Protestants?
(a) By their swords.
(b) By the example of their lives.
(c) By torture.
(d) By burning or hanging them.

6. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?
(a) A printing shop.
(b) A silk cloth manufacturing firm.
(c) A seat of commercial exchange.
(d) A glass-making shop.

7. In addition to anyone who murders Queen Elizabeth, who does the Bond of Associate bind Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council to pursue to death?
(a) Anyone in whose interest Queen Elizabeth is murdered.
(b) Anyone who murders the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Anyone who finances Queen Elizabeth's murder.
(d) Anyone who murders a member of the Privy Council.

8. With what country does the king of France threaten to ally if Queen Elizabeth does not marry Alenzon?
(a) Germany.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

9. Who do the English blame for the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) Catherine de Medici.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) The Pope.

10. Who does Queen Elizabeth name as her successor?
(a) Lettice Devereux.
(b) King James of Scotland.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) Lord Charles Stuart.

11. In Chapter 23, how long are all Jesuits and seminary priests and all those who entered the Catholic priesthood since 1559 given to leave England?
(a) One week.
(b) 40 days.
(c) One year.
(d) One month.

12. What does Queen Elizabeth decide to do with Alenzon?
(a) She gives him money and sends him to the Netherlands.
(b) She marries him.
(c) She has him assassinated.
(d) She helps him seize the French throne from his brother.

13. When the Irish rebellion becomes urgent, who does Queen Elizabeth initially want to send to Ireland?
(a) Robert Cecil.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) Mountjoy.

14. Who does the Earl of Leicester secretly marry in 1578?
(a) Douglas Sheffield.
(b) Lettice Devereux.
(c) Lady Lennox.
(d) Mary Stuart.

15. Who does Mary Stuart say in Chapter 24 that she is bequeathing the English crown to instead of her son, King James?
(a) To Prince Alenzon.
(b) To the Earl of Essex.
(c) To the King of Spain.
(d) To Lord Bothwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Francis Drake's pirate ship?

2. When Alenzon and his ambassador are walking with Queen Elizabeth, what actions of the queen indicate her intent to marry Alenzon?

3. What skin disease has been thought from the time of Edward the Confessor to be curable by the sovereign's touch?

4. When Queen Elizabeth is 54 years-old, how old is Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex?

5. What is Queen Elizabeth's appetite like at 60 years-old?

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