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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. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"
(a) Because England is a seafaring nation.
(b) Because she swims a lot.
(c) Because she has a large Navy.
(d) Because of her interest in the Navy.

2. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?
(a) Islam.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) The Reformed Church.

3. How does Queen Elizabeth revive the Royal Navy?
(a) She sends medicine to ailing sailors.
(b) She offers titles and lands for joining the Navy.
(c) She drafts more men into the Navy.
(d) She increases sailors' wages and builds strong ships.

4. What are pearls said to symbolize?
(a) Women.
(b) Psychic ability.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Virginity.

5. Who wants to marry Don Carlos, a criminal lunatic, to gain an alliance with Spain to help dethrone Elizabeth?
(a) Lettice Devereux.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Catherine Grey.
(d) Mary Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to divorce Lord Darnley?

2. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?

3. The Scottish Lords expect to find English Catholics waiting to rise and overthrow Elizabeth's government with them, but what do they find instead?

4. To whom does Elizabeth give a lock of graying red hair in 1572 when she is 39 years-old?

5. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is the murder of Rizzio, the Italian advisor to Mary Stuart, important?

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

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

7. What is the "Bloody Question" and how does it affect Catholic priests in England?

8. Explain why Queen Elizabeth refuses to become Queen of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht when offered the title.

9. Why does Mary Stuart consider herself queen of England instead of Elizabeth?

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

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