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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the Earl of Essex's mother?
(a) Penelope Devereux.
(b) Lady Lennox.
(c) Lettice Devereux.
(d) Catherine Grey.

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

4. How does Alenzon respond when Queen Elizabeth says she will not marry him after having promised to do so?
(a) He marries Mary Stuart.
(b) He says he would rather they both die if he cannot have her.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He declares war on England.

5. After 1588, a cult develops in Europe exalting Queen Elizabeth to supernatural status as what deities?
(a) Athena and Hera.
(b) Diana or Cynthia, goddess of chastity and moonlight.
(c) Ceridwen and Demeter.
(d) Isis and Freya.

6. What physical ailment on Queen Elizabeth's leg heals in 1578?
(a) Eczema.
(b) A broken bone.
(c) An ulcer.
(d) A burn.

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

8. What is the name of Francis Drake's pirate ship?
(a) The Queen Elizabeth.
(b) The Moonlight Majesty.
(c) The Golden Hind.
(d) The Sea Nymph.

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

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

11. 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 England by Scottish Lords.
(c) An invastion of France by Scotland.
(d) An invasion of Scotland by Queen Elizabeth.

12. Who does Lady Lennox arrange a marriage with for her son Lord Charles Stuart, a claimant to the English throne?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) Catherine de Medici.
(c) Elizabeth Cavendish.
(d) Catherine Grey.

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

14. When Queen Elizabeth is 54 years-old, how old is Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex?
(a) 35.
(b) 21.
(c) 60.
(d) 54.

15. Where do Catholics massacre Protestants in great numbers in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Lady Lennox as a result of her matchmaking for a youth of royal blood without the Crown's permission?

2. How does the Pope respond when two English noblemen ask if assassinating Queen Elizabeth is a sin?

3. 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?

4. What is the Earl of Essex charged with in Chapter 29?

5. Who does the Scottish Regent Morton implicate in Lord Darnley's murder?

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