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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. How do others see Lord Darnley?

2. What happens when Mary Stuart desires to return to Scotland through England?

3. Who shows over familiarity with the queen by taking her napkin out of her hand to wipe his sweaty face during a tennis game?

4. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?

5. Which of the following actions does not occur in response to what Queen Elizabeth does with the cargo of the four Spanish ships?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. By the time Queen Elizabeth is 60 years-old, what trait has become more pronounced in her?

4. Why are Lady Lennox and Lady Shrewsbury sent to the Tower when their children marry?

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

6. Discuss the Earl of Leicester's marriage to Lettice Devereux and its affect on his relationship with Queen Elizabeth.

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

8. What makes Parliament break out into fistfights and how does Queen Elizabeth temporarily resolve the issue?

9. 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.

10. Discuss Lord Darnley's claim to the English throne. What factors make him a potential husband for Mary Stuart?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Queen Elizabeth's relationship with Lord Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, from its beginning during her childhood to its end with the earl's death. Discuss Leicester's lingering influence on the queen after his death. Do you think the queen loves Leicester in the romantic sense or strictly as a friend? Do you think Leicester ever loves the queen in the romantic sense? Does he only use her to further his ambition? What factors keep them from marrying? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Of all of King Henry VIII's children, Queen Elizabeth is said to be most like him. Compare and contrast Queen Elizabeth with her father. In what ways is Elizabeth like her father, and in what ways is she unlike her father? Are her similarities to Henry VIII advantages or disadvantages in her reign of England? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Pick any three claimants to Queen Elizabeth's throne other than Mary Stuart from Elizabeth the Great. Discuss the hereditary and other reasons the claimants think they are in line for the English throne, their supporters, and any plots that arise to bring them to the throne in Queen Elizabeth's place. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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