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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. What do four Spanish ships that take refuge in Plymouth and Southampton in December 1568 carry?
(a) Soldiers to invade the English coast.
(b) Jewels and silks from the Orient.
(c) A potential bridegroom for Queen Elizabeth.
(d) 85,000 pounds of gold.

2. During her era, what is unusual about the way Queen Elizabeth bathes?
(a) She bathes her entire body in an oval bath.
(b) She only bathes once a year.
(c) She does not use soap.
(d) She bathes in icy water.

3. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?
(a) He gets the plague.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.
(d) He is killed in a sword fight.

4. Who agrees to be the godmother to the infant son of Mary Stuart?
(a) Kat Ashley.
(b) Lady Lennox.
(c) Catherine de Medici.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

5. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Sir Francis Drake.
(b) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Thomas Seymour, Somerset's brother & Edward's uncle.
(d) Sir Christopher Hatton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?

2. 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?

3. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe the effect the book's focus has on the book's shape?

5. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Queen Elizabeth find appealing about Prince Alenzon when he is so physically unattractive? What do her people find so objectionable about him?

2. Does Queen Elizabeth intend to marry Prince Alenzon or does she use this potential marriage for diplomatic reasons as she does all her other potential marriages?

3. What factors lead to Mary Stuart's trial and execution?

4. What is Elizabeth's relationship with her brother, King Edward VI, like?

5. 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.

6. What is the order of succession for Henry VIII's three children after his death? What makes Elizabeth's legitimacy come into question?

7. What factors allow Mary Stuart to engage in perpetual intrigue with France and Spain while she is living in England?

8. Why does Queen Elizabeth encourage rather than discourage Francis Drake's piracy?

9. What makes Parliament break out into fistfights and how does Queen Elizabeth temporarily resolve the issue?

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

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