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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction to the death of her friend and councilor at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) She shuts herself in her quarters and refuses all admittance.
(b) She cries and prays for a week.
(c) She gives her friend's widow a big estate.
(d) She builds a great memorial to her friend.

2. When rebellion starts in Ireland, who gets angry when Queen Elizabeth sends his uncle to Ireland to handle the situation instead of sending another man he recommends?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Robert Cecil.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) Francis Bacon.

3. What is Queen Elizabeth supposed to be able to cure by prayer and touch?
(a) The plague.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Burns.
(d) Eczema.

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

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

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

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

8. Who does the Prince of Orange make the titular head of the lands he offers to Queen Elizabeth when the queen refuses to accept his honor?
(a) Catherine de Medici.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Lord Burleigh.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

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

10. What does Queen Elizabeth ask to see when she visits Dr. John Dee at the beginning of Chapter 18?
(a) His new horses.
(b) His speculum of magic glass.
(c) His new wife.
(d) his Spanish gold.

11. 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 who murders a member of the Privy Council.
(b) Anyone who finances Queen Elizabeth's murder.
(c) Anyone in whose interest Queen Elizabeth is murdered.
(d) Anyone who murders the Earl of Leicester.

12. What gift does the Earl of Leicester send Queen Elizabeth on New Year's day in 1580 to distract her from marrying Prince Alenzon?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A new horse.
(c) Gold buttons with diamonds and rubies on them.
(d) A pearl necklace.

13. Who says the Massacre of St. Bartholomew is the greatest crime since the Crucifixion?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

14. What factors help the English ships defeat the Spanish Armada when Spain tries to invade England?
(a) The Spanish sailors are not loyal to their king.
(b) English ships are built lower and faster than Spanish ships.
(c) The Spanish ships are full of holes and not fit to sail.
(d) The English outnumber the Spanish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Queen Elizabeth react when she receives word that Mary Stuart has been beheaded?

2. To whom does Queen Elizabeth confide in Chapter 21 that she hates the idea of marriage more every day?

3. Who is assassinated in 1584?

4. What debts does Queen Elizabeth pay off in 1573?

5. When the Church of England is criticized for appointing incompetent clergy, which of the following is not the kind of man Queen Elizabeth advises the bishops to appoint?

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