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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Lord Burleigh suggest that Queen Elizabeth rid herself of Alenzon when the prince insists they must marry as she promised?
(a) Help him seize the French throne from his brother.
(b) Marry him or pay him a lot of money.
(c) Offer him Mary Stuart as a bride.
(d) Have him assassinated.

3. 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) Sir Christopher Hatton.
(b) Robert Cecil.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) Francis Bacon.

4. What is the Earl of Essex sentenced to for his crime?
(a) To be hung.
(b) To be beheaded.
(c) To be burned alive.
(d) To be imprisoned in the Tower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who raises Lord Burleigh's grandchildren?

2. Who will finance the invasion Mary Stuart anticipates?

3. What lands does the Prince of Orange ask Elizabeth to become queen of at the beginning of Chapter 24?

4. Why does the Privy Council not mention Lord Burleigh's name to Queen Elizabeth after Burleigh dies?

5. With whom does Sir Philip Sidney fall in love?

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