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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. What does the French ambassador tell the Spanish ambassador about the way Queen Elizabeth spent New Year's Night in 1566?

2. What kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?

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

4. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?

5. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What factors help the English prevail over the Spanish Armada?

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

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

6. Why does Queen Elizabeth offer Lord Robert Dudley as a potential husband to Mary Stuart and what reasons do Mary Stuart and Dudley have for objecting to the union?

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

8. Who is Dr. Dee and why does Queen Elizabeth want to see his speculum of magic glass?

9. Discuss the downfall of Mary Stuart after her involvement with the Earl of Bothwell. How does it lead to her forced abdication of her throne?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Queen Elizabeth and Mary Stuart. Discuss their appeal to men, their romances, their politics, their leadership ability, and their popularity with their own people. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Ambition is one of the themes in Elizabeth the Great. Discuss how the theme of ambition is illustrated in each of the following characters' lives: Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex; Thomas Seymour, the Lord High Admiral; and Edward Seymour the Duke of Somerset. What do you think the author is trying to say about ambition through how she depicts these characters? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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