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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What hunchback becomes Queen Elizabeth's advisor and England's Lord Treasurer, replacing his father in the position?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) The Earl of Essex.
(c) Robert Cecil, Lord Burleigh's son.
(d) Francis Bacon.

6. Who does Queen Elizabeth name as her successor?
(a) Lettice Devereux.
(b) Lord Charles Stuart.
(c) King Philip of Spain.
(d) King James of Scotland.

7. 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 publicly insults the queen.
(b) He begs the queen for a loan.
(c) He becomes a pirate.
(d) He goes back to Ireland.

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

9. What lands does the Prince of Orange ask Elizabeth to become queen of at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Orange.
(b) France.
(c) Scotland and Spain.
(d) Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.

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

11. 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) Send for kegs of gunpowder to blow up his house.
(b) Lie and say he will not be arrested if he comes to them.
(c) Threaten his children.
(d) Have Queen Elizabeth persuade him.

12. To what does Queen Elizabeth ascribe her safety despite so many plots to kill her?
(a) To her Privy Council.
(b) To her soldiers.
(c) To God's protection.
(d) To her Navy.

13. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?
(a) A glass-making shop.
(b) A silk cloth manufacturing firm.
(c) A seat of commercial exchange.
(d) A printing shop.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Queen Elizabeth has an abscessed tooth but fears to have her tooth pulled, what convinces her to consent to have the procedure done?

3. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the treasure Francis Drake brings home from Spanish ships his pirates have looted?

4. At the end of Chapter 26, how does Queen Elizabeth tell her Privy Council to convert Catholics to Protestants?

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

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