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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 does the author say teeth are cleaned during Queen Elizabeth's lifetime?
2. Where does Queen Elizabeth send Mary Stuart to at the end of Chapter 11?
3. Who tries to seize Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth after King Edward's death, proclaiming Lady Jane Grey as queen of England in place of Henry VIII's daughters?
4. Why does Mary Stuart refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?
5. The Scottish Lords expect to find English Catholics waiting to rise and overthrow Elizabeth's government with them, but what do they find instead?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the order of succession for Henry VIII's three children after his death? What makes Elizabeth's legitimacy come into question?
2. Explain Wyatt's rebellion. How does it affect Elizabeth?
3. 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?
4. Discuss the irony of the date of Elizabeth's death.
5. What does Queen Elizabeth find appealing about Prince Alenzon when he is so physically unattractive? What do her people find so objectionable about him?
6. 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.
7. What action does Pope Pius take against the Protestant Elizabeth in 1570 and what effect does it have on Queen Elizabeth's policy of religious tolerance.
8. Discuss the demand for glass that arises during Queen Elizabeth's reign.
9. Why does Queen Elizabeth encourage rather than discourage Francis Drake's piracy?
10. Discuss the Earl of Essex's relationship with Queen Elizabeth.
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
Discuss the Earl of Essex's relationship with Queen Elizabeth and his rebellion against her in Ireland. What factors contribute to his eventual downfall and sentencing to the Tower?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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