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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Spain attack France in Chapter 27 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>?
(a) They want to conquer the world.
(b) They want the French crown for Philip of Spain's daughter.
(c) They want to restore Catholicism to Protestant France.
(d) They want revenge for French attacks on Spain.

2. Who is suspected of poisoning Lord Sheffield at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) The Duke of Norfolk.
(c) Lord Burleigh.
(d) Sir Francis Walsingham.

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

4. Which beloved friend and councilor of Queen Elizabeth's dies at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Sir Francis Walsingham.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) The Earl of Sussex.
(d) Lord Burleigh.

5. 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 pearl necklace.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) Gold buttons with diamonds and rubies on them.
(d) A new horse.

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. What happens to the Duke of Norfolk at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) He is beheaded.
(b) He weds Mary Stuart.
(c) He is freed from the Tower.
(d) He escapes prison and runs away to Scotland.

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

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

13. Who marries Lord Sheffield's widow four days before she gives birth to his son?
(a) The Duke of Anjou.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

14. How does the Pope respond when two English noblemen ask if assassinating Queen Elizabeth is a sin?
(a) He hires the two nobles to kill the queen.
(b) He says murder is a sin, no matter who is murdered.
(c) He asks English Catholics to rise against the queen.
(d) He says sending her out of the world is God's work, not sin.

15. What does Queen Elizabeth do to combat Catherine de Medici's plans for Mary Stuart?
(a) She sends Mary Stuart to a convent for the rest of her life.
(b) She forces Mary Stuart to wed the Earl of Leicester.
(c) She says she wants the Duke of Anjou for herself.
(d) She goes to war with France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lady Lennox arrange a marriage with for her son Lord Charles Stuart, a claimant to the English throne?

2. Which of the following is not an entertainment provided for Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Kenilworth?

3. With what married woman and cousin of Queen Elizabeth does the Earl of Leicester have an affair?

4. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?

5. Who raises Lord Burleigh's grandchildren?

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