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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Thomas Gresham establish in London on Cornhill in 1571?
(a) A printing shop.
(b) A silk cloth manufacturing firm.
(c) A seat of commercial exchange.
(d) A glass-making shop.

2. Who does the Prince of Orange make the titular head of the lands he offers to Queen Elizabeth when the queen refuses to accept his honor?
(a) Mary Stuart.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Lord Burleigh.
(d) Catherine de Medici.

3. Who will finance the invasion Mary Stuart anticipates?
(a) The King of Spain.
(b) King James of Scotland.
(c) Catherine de Medici.
(d) The Duke of Guise.

4. When rebellion starts in Ireland, who gets angry when Queen Elizabeth sends his uncle to Ireland to handle the situation instead of sending another man he recommends?
(a) The Earl of Essex.
(b) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(c) Francis Bacon.
(d) Robert Cecil.

5. What factors help the English ships defeat the Spanish Armada when Spain tries to invade England?
(a) The Spanish ships are full of holes and not fit to sail.
(b) The Spanish sailors are not loyal to their king.
(c) The English outnumber the Spanish.
(d) English ships are built lower and faster than Spanish ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Queen Elizabeth when she dies?

2. When Mary Stuart writes Queen Elizabeth in Chapter 22, who does she blame for the gossip about her?

3. Why does King Philip of Spain think England is his territory?

4. At the end of Chapter 26, how does Queen Elizabeth tell her Privy Council to convert Catholics to Protestants?

5. Who is the Earl of Essex's mother?

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