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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. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?
(a) Philip Sidney.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) The Duke of Norfolk.
(d) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.

2. Who expects to be named Queen Elizabeth's "heiress-presumptive"?
(a) Catherine Grey.
(b) Mary Stuart.
(c) Kat Ashley.
(d) Lady Lennox.

3. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Scotland.
(d) France.

4. 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) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(d) Thomas Seymour, Somerset's brother & Edward's uncle.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?
(a) Mary Stuart is crowned Queen of England.
(b) They are disobedient to the Pope if loyal to the queen.
(c) They are traitors to the queen if obedient to the Pope.
(d) Elizabeth's policy of religious compromise is shattered.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has Queen Elizabeth ruled England at 37 years-old?

3. What is King Henry VIII's relationship to Lady Jane Grey?

4. What happens to Princess Elizabeth's mother when the princess is just a toddler?

5. Which of the following actions does not occur in response to what Queen Elizabeth does with the cargo of the four Spanish ships?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Queen Elizabeth's appearance at age 37, twelve years into her reign.

2. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's coronation. How do the people of England accept her at the beginning of her reign?

3. What is Elizabeth like at age 25 when she first becomes queen?

4. 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?

5. Why is Queen Elizabeth so upset that she faints when insufficient evidence of treason is found against Norfolk?

6. What is the Bond of Association?

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

8. Discuss the plot Spanish ambassador Don Gerau De Spies has to restore England to Catholicism.

9. As Queen Elizabeth ages and her old advisors die and are replaced, what kind of man is the queen most fond of and does this fondness differ from the kind of men she was fond of in her youth?

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

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