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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Mary Queen of Scots give birth to her son, James?
(a) June 19, 1555.
(b) June 19, 1577.
(c) June 19, 1566.
(d) June 19, 1544.

2. What was Elizabeth's nickname for William Cecil, her Secretary of State?
(a) Spirit.
(b) Book.
(c) Gypsy.
(d) Pen.

3. To whom was Elizabeth symbolically married?
(a) She was married to Sir Robert Dudley.
(b) She was married to the Pope.
(c) She was married to the people.
(d) She was married to King Philip of Spain.

4. What item(s) were discovered that incriminated Mary in Darnley's murder?
(a) A record of her conversation with the murderer.
(b) The Estate Receipts.
(c) The Casket Letters.
(d) A fingerprint on his neck.

5. What was Elizabeth's nickname?
(a) Queen of Scots.
(b) Old Faithful.
(c) The Virgin Queen.
(d) Bloody Mary.

6. How was Lady Jane Grey related to Elizabeth?
(a) She was her mother.
(b) She was her cousin.
(c) She was her sister.
(d) She was her aunt.

7. What member of Mary Queen of Scots' entourage did Lord Darnley have killed?
(a) Cecil, her council.
(b) Randolph, her ambassador.
(c) Rizzio, her secretary.
(d) Thomas Keyes, her porter.

8. How did Amy Dudley's life end?
(a) She was killed by a vagrant with a sword.
(b) She fell down the stairs of her home and broke her neck.
(c) She drowned after a shipwreck.
(d) She contracted the sweating sickness.

9. How were Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots related?
(a) They were third cousins twice removed.
(b) They were sisters.
(c) They were cousins.
(d) They were in-laws.

10. When was Elizabeth officially excommunicated from the Catholic Church?
(a) February 25, 1550.
(b) February 25, 1570.
(c) February 25, 1560.
(d) February 25, 1580.

11. Why did the Queen need heirs?
(a) She needed heirs because Cecil wanted her to have them.
(b) She needed heirs because France had heirs.
(c) She needed heirs to fight any pretenders to her throne.
(d) She needed heirs because she was lonely.

12. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband?
(a) He was gleeful and immediately proposed to Elizabeth.
(b) He was forgiven by the people after his guilty verdict.
(c) He was distraught and would not speak for weeks.
(d) Too much suspicion was cast upon Robert for him to marry the Queen.

13. How did the Queen publicly humiliate Robert Dudley?
(a) She sent him to the gallows.
(b) She refused to dance with him at the next party.
(c) She called him names and bade him leave.
(d) She destroyed his Letters Patent.

14. In what year did Henry VIII die?
(a) 1747.
(b) 1547.
(c) 1647.
(d) 1447.

15. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?
(a) She got the stomach flu and was extremely dehydrated.
(b) Robert Dudley contracted the black death.
(c) She contracted smallpox and was in bed for six days.
(d) She discovered an assassination plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the council worry about Elizabeth's relationship with Dudley?

2. Who took over the Scottish monarch?

3. Why was it dangerous for Mary to remain in England?

4. Who was sent to negotiate the treaty with Scotland and France?

5. Why did Edward VI perish in 1553?

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