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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do others see Lord Darnley?
(a) As a scholar.
(b) As a brainless, arrogant fool.
(c) As a brilliant politician.
(d) As a spiritual leader.

2. Who promotes Lord Darnley as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) His mother, Lady Lennox.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

3. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?
(a) James, her 13 month-old son.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Lord Darnley.
(d) Lord Bothwell.

4. What disease does Queen Elizabeth contract and nearly die of?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Diptheria.
(d) Smallpox.

5. Which of the following is not a place where glass is used in England as peacetime prosperity develops an increasing market for it?
(a) Drinking and looking glasses.
(b) Church altars.
(c) Windows of great houses and shops.
(d) Bathing pools

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an action Sir William Cecil advises Queen Elizabeth to take to reduce the danger of Mary Stuart seizing the English throne?

2. What is Queen Elizabeth's reaction when her Privy Council finds insufficient evidence to charge Norfolk with treason?

3. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?

4. When representatives of Parliament beg the queen to marry, who does Queen Elizabeth claim to already be married to?

5. Who does Queen Elizabeth suggest as a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Queen Elizabeth reluctant to behead Mary Stuart?

2. Discuss the Earl of Essex's relationship with Queen Elizabeth.

3. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's attitude toward Catholicism and religious tolerance.

4. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's response to criticism of the Anglican Church for appointing incompetent clergy.

5. Explain the role of Henry VIII in the establishment of the Church of England.

6. Discuss the role Thomas Seymour plays in English government once his nephew Edward becomes king of England and the role he hopes to play through his influence on Elizabeth.

7. What signs are there that Queen Elizabeth is not as strongly influenced by the Earl of Essex as many of her advisors fear?

8. How does Queen Elizabeth sidestep the issue of marrying when Parliament raises it?

9. Why does Spain want to invade England in 1587?

10. Why are Lady Lennox and Lady Shrewsbury sent to the Tower when their children marry?

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