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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. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?
(a) King Philip of Spain.
(b) The Earl of Essex.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The poet, Sir Philip Sidney.

2. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who appoints himself Duke of Somerset and Protector and advisor to young King Edward after King Henry VIII's death?
(a) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Edward Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.
(c) Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester.
(d) Thomas Seymour, brother of the young king's dead mother.

3. 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?
(a) Mary Tudor.
(b) Prince Philip of Spain.
(c) Edward Courtenay.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

4. According to some books on heraldry of the period, what do the colors Queen Elizabeth tells Don Guzman de Silva are hers represent?
(a) Perpetual virginity.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Victory in war.
(d) Royalty.

5. Who does the Spanish Ambassador Don Gerau de Spies plot to marry to Mary Stuart to restore Catholicism to England?
(a) The Duke of Alva.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) The Duke of Norfolk.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?

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

4. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?

5. Who marries his son to Lady Jane Grey because of her place in the line of succession to the throne of England?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Bond of Association?

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

4. Why does the Duke of Anjou not want to marry Queen Elizabeth when his parents suggest the match?

5. What factors help the English prevail over the Spanish Armada?

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

7. Discuss the plot of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, and Duke of Northumberland, to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne after King Edward VI dies.

8. Discuss the Earl of Essex's failures in Ireland.

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

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

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