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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At what age was Mary Stewart widowed?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifteen.
2. Why was it dangerous for Mary to go abroad?
(a) She was not well constituted to travel and was constantly ill.
(b) She could not swim and was deathly afraid of water.
(c) She could gain support for European Catholics who wanted her to take the English throne.
(d) There was a contract taken out on her life by Scotland.
3. Of what new religious movement was Elizabeth I tolerant?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Puritanism.
4. What member of Elizabeth's court did Leicester begin to pay attention to?
(a) Lettice Knollys, Elizabeth's cousin.
(b) Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth's cousin.
(c) The Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth's cousin.
(d) Mary Tudor, Elizabeth's sister.
5. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband?
(a) Too much suspicion was cast upon Robert for him to marry the Queen.
(b) He was gleeful and immediately proposed to Elizabeth.
(c) He was distraught and would not speak for weeks.
(d) He was forgiven by the people after his guilty verdict.
6. Who was the mother of Elizabeth I mother?
(a) Anne Boleyn.
(b) Katherine Parr.
(c) Katharine of Aragon.
(d) Mary Tudor.
7. Who was sent to negotiate the treaty with Scotland and France?
(a) Sir William Cecil.
(b) Pope Pius IV.
(c) Robert Dudley.
(d) Nicholas Throckmorton.
8. Who does Elizabeth I succeed?
(a) Mary I, her sister.
(b) Lady Jane Grey, her cousin.
(c) Mary Queen of Scots, her aunt.
(d) Katharine of Aragon, her stepmother.
9. Why did Elizabeth remake Dudley into the Earl of Leicester?
(a) She wanted him to be a more attractive match for Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) She owed him a favor and was tired of him whining.
(c) She wanted him to marry a Spanish heiress.
(d) She wanted him to be eligible to marry for herself.
10. To whom was Elizabeth symbolically married?
(a) She was married to King Philip of Spain.
(b) She was married to the Pope.
(c) She was married to Sir Robert Dudley.
(d) She was married to the people.
11. Why wouldn't Elizabeth I name a successor?
(a) She had no one appropriate to succeed.
(b) She could not decide who would be best.
(c) She did not want to give up her power.
(d) She was too busy.
12. Who succeeded King Francis II?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) Philip II.
(c) Erik of Sweden.
(d) Charles IX.
13. What was Elizabeth's nickname for Robert Dudley when he was Master of Horse?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Ed.
(c) Pony.
(d) Spirit.
14. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?
(a) She contracted smallpox and was in bed for six days.
(b) She got the stomach flu and was extremely dehydrated.
(c) Robert Dudley contracted the black death.
(d) She discovered an assassination plot.
15. How were Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots related?
(a) They were third cousins twice removed.
(b) They were in-laws.
(c) They were sisters.
(d) They were cousins.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why was it dangerous for Mary to remain in England?
2. Who did Mary Queen of Scots actually want to wed?
3. Why did Edward VI perish in 1553?
4. Why did Elizabeth renew her marriage negotiations with Erik of Sweden?
5. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?
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