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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following statements does not describe an effect the pope's actions against Queen Elizabeth have on English Catholics?
2. When Mary Stuart demands that Queen Elizabeth send her clothes suitable for her position, what does one of Elizabeth's maids send Mary?
3. What keeps Queen Elizabeth's complexion so white?
4. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?
5. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the Earl of Leicester's marriage to Lettice Devereux and its affect on his relationship with Queen Elizabeth.
2. Discuss the irony of the date of Elizabeth's death.
3. What makes Parliament break out into fistfights and how does Queen Elizabeth temporarily resolve the issue?
4. Explain how Queen Elizabeth's payment of the debts owed the City of London by King Henry VIII and King Edward VI increase her popularity with her people.
5. Discuss the demand for glass that arises during Queen Elizabeth's reign.
6. What is the "Bloody Question" and how does it affect Catholic priests in England?
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. What signs are there that Queen Elizabeth is not as strongly influenced by the Earl of Essex as many of her advisors fear?
9. Describe Queen Elizabeth's relationship with Lord Robert Dudley at the beginning of her reign.
10. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's attitude toward the persecution of Catholics in England.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the cult that develops in Europe after 1588 exalting Queen Elizabeth to supernatural status with radiant splendor as Diana, or Cynthia, goddess of chastity and moonlight. What factors make her seem divine? How does her supposed divine status influence her reign? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss England's relationship with France during Queen Elizabeth's reign. How would each country benefit if Elizabeth marries one of her French suitors? What factors make the two countries potential allies and what factors make the two countries potential enemies? How does their relationship change over the course of Elizabeth's long reign? What would an alliance between these two countries through the queen's marriage mean to each country's relationship with Spain? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Queen Elizabeth's refusal to marry and provide an heir to the throne results in much frustration for her and her advisors, Parliament, and her people. Discuss the queen's perpetual spinsterhood and the advantages and disadvantages it brings to her personally and as a leader. What advantages and disadvantages does her spinsterhood bring to England? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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