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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Earl of Essex charged with in Chapter 29?
(a) Murder.
(b) High treason.
(c) Theft.
(d) Disobedience to the queen.

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

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

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

5. When the Earl of Oxford mistreats his wife, Ann, to what does Burleigh attribute the younger man's misbehavior?
(a) Ann's infidelity.
(b) The Earl's Catholicism and Ann's Protestantism.
(c) Oxford's preference for another woman.
(d) Burleigh's refusal to loan Oxford a large sum of money.

6. When Queen Elizabeth is 40 years-old, what trait has become more pronounced in her?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her skill in the hunt.
(c) Her artistry.
(d) Her nervous irritability.

7. How long has Queen Elizabeth reigned at 60 years-old?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

9. 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 imprisoned in the Tower.
(c) She is beheaded.
(d) She is hung.

10. When Queen Elizabeth sends the Earl of Essex to Ireland with orders to attack the Irish rebel Tyrone, what does the earl do?
(a) He joins Tyrone.
(b) He delays and does not keep the queen informed.
(c) He goes to Scotland instead.
(d) He is captured by Tyrone.

11. To whom does Lettice Devereux plot to marry her daughter?
(a) Prince Alenzon.
(b) Sir Philip Sidney.
(c) King James of Scotland.
(d) The Earl of Sussex.

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

13. In Chapter 26, what are Queen Elizabeth's new young advisors interested in instead of her?
(a) Court life.
(b) Her position.
(c) Younger women.
(d) Fame.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After 1588, a cult develops in Europe exalting Queen Elizabeth to supernatural status as what deities?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Prince Alenzon, Queen Elizabeth's French suitor?

3. Where do Catholics massacre Protestants in great numbers in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

4. With whom does Sir Philip Sidney fall in love?

5. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?

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