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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 kills himself.
(c) He marries Mary Stuart.
(d) He declares war on England.

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

3. 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 Spanish gold.
(c) His speculum of magic glass.
(d) His new wife.

4. When the Earl of Essex hides in his house and refuses to answer a summons to appear before the Privy Council, what do Lord Nottingham and Sir Henry Sidney do to get him to come out?
(a) Threaten his children.
(b) Lie and say he will not be arrested if he comes to them.
(c) Send for kegs of gunpowder to blow up his house.
(d) Have Queen Elizabeth persuade him.

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

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

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

8. What name does Queen Elizabeth give what Sir Thomas Gresham establishes in London in 1571?
(a) Elizabeth's Exchange.
(b) The Royal Exchange.
(c) Princess Printing.
(d) Silk and Satin.

9. How does Lord Burleigh suggest that Queen Elizabeth rid herself of Alenzon when the prince insists they must marry as she promised?
(a) Have him assassinated.
(b) Marry him or pay him a lot of money.
(c) Offer him Mary Stuart as a bride.
(d) Help him seize the French throne from his brother.

10. When Mary Stuart writes Queen Elizabeth in Chapter 22, who does she blame for the gossip about her?
(a) Lord Burleigh.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Catherine de Medici.
(d) Lady Shrewsbury.

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

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

13. Who does the Scottish Regent Morton implicate in Lord Darnley's murder?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) Mary Stuart.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

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

15. When Queen Elizabeth does not renew a tax on sweet wines that the Earl of Essex depends on for his income, what does Essex do?
(a) He begs the queen for a loan.
(b) He becomes a pirate.
(c) He goes back to Ireland.
(d) He publicly insults the queen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has a medal made to commemorate the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?

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

4. When the Earl of Leicester marries in 1578, what step does his bride's father take to ensure the marriage is legal?

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

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