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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 kind of ships is the English channel swarming with at the beginning of Chapter 12?
2. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?
3. With Spain supporting Mary Stuart and planning to invade England on her behalf, with what country is it important for Queen Elizabeth and England to form an alliance?
4. What action does Pope Pius take against Queen Elizabeth in 1570?
5. To whom is Queen Mary Tudor engaged soon after her ascension to the throne?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Duke of Anjou not want to marry Queen Elizabeth when his parents suggest the match?
2. What does the fact that she is playing the virginals when the Earl of Essex is executed indicate about Queen Elizabeth's feelings for Essex?
3. Who is Dr. Dee and why does Queen Elizabeth want to see his speculum of magic glass?
4. Why are Lady Lennox and Lady Shrewsbury sent to the Tower when their children marry?
5. What folly does Queen Elizabeth's cousin, Mary Grey, commit? What previous examples in her own family should have taught her not to take this step?
6. What makes Parliament break out into fistfights and how does Queen Elizabeth temporarily resolve the issue?
7. Discuss the Earl of Leicester's marriage to Lettice Devereux and its affect on his relationship with Queen Elizabeth.
8. Discuss how Lord Darnley becomes king of Scotland and what the Protestant Lords of Scotland feel about his elevated role.
9. What is Elizabeth like at age 25 when she first becomes queen?
10. Describe Queen Elizabeth's appearance at age 37, twelve years into her reign.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Queen Elizabeth. What are her strengths? What are her flaws? How do her strengths help her reign and how do her flaws hinder her reign? Does she defy or define the stereotypical image of a woman of her era? 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
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.
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