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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. Which of Queen Elizabeth's suitors does Sir William Cecil draw a table of the pros and cons of the potential marriage?
(a) Archduke Charles.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Prince Alenzon.
(d) King Philip of Spain.

2. If Mary Stuart agrees to accept the husband Queen Elizabeth suggests for her, what might Elizabeth consent to do for Mary?
(a) Be godmother to her children.
(b) Name her as heiress-presumptive to the English Crown.
(c) Give her an Army to help her take the French Crown.
(d) Give her an English estate.

3. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?
(a) Her country is short of funds, men, and ships.
(b) She fears retribution from Mary Stuart.
(c) She is Catholic.
(d) She fears French intervention on Scotland's behalf.

4. What married man does Mary Stuart take as her lover in Chapter 11?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) Lord Lennox.
(d) Lord Bothwell.

5. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?
(a) Edward Seymour.
(b) Lord Burleigh.
(c) Robert Dudley, The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Thomas Seymour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Spanish Ambassador Don Gerau de Spies plot to marry to Mary Stuart to restore Catholicism to England?

2. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?

3. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?

4. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?

5. Whose household does Princess Elizabeth live in after her father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the irony of the date of Elizabeth's death.

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

3. What luxuries does the prosperity of peace under Queen Elizabeth bring to the English people and how does the queen's home reflect this luxury?

4. Why is Catherine Grey's pregnancy so upsetting to Queen Elizabeth?

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

6. Discuss the demand for glass that arises during Queen Elizabeth's reign.

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

8. When she breaks her promise to marry him, how does Queen Elizabeth gratify Prince Alenzon?

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

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

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