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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lord Darnley perish?
(a) He was thrown from a horse.
(b) He contracted smallpox and died within hours.
(c) He was strangled, then posed in a house that exploded.
(d) He went insane from syphilis.

2. Who, in a play for political power, may have been behind Amy Dudley's death?
(a) De Quadra.
(b) William Cecil.
(c) Throckmorton.
(d) Norfolk.

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

4. Why did Elizabeth renew her marriage negotiations with Erik of Sweden?
(a) She missed his letters and his company.
(b) He sent her a beautiful gift that completely enchanted her.
(c) He finally learned English.
(d) She did not want him to transfer his proposal to Mary Queen of Scots.

5. Who took over the French throne when King Henry II was killed?
(a) Louis XII.
(b) Henry III.
(c) Francis II.
(d) Napoleon.

6. Who publicly accused Dudley of interfering in state business?
(a) Mary of Guise.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Norfolk.
(d) Roger Ascham.

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

8. Why was it dangerous for Mary to remain in England?
(a) She was not well constituted to live in England and was constantly ill.
(b) She did not speak English well and had trouble communicating.
(c) She was extremely depressed and wanted to travel.
(d) She could be put in the hands of English Catholics who wanted her to claim the throne.

9. What was the main event Elizabeth's council wanted to take place?
(a) They wanted to lower taxes.
(b) They wanted to go to war with Spain.
(c) They wanted her to marry and produce an heir.
(d) They wanted to have a coronation ball.

10. Since Amy was not welcomed at court, how did she spend her time?
(a) She lived in solitude on their estate.
(b) She wrote poetry in the attics of the castle.
(c) She went on long visits to family and friends.
(d) She went on long trips to the Continent.

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

12. Of what new religious movement was Elizabeth I tolerant?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Puritanism.

13. Who took over the Scottish monarch?
(a) Mary, Queen of Scots.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) Catherine de' Medici.
(d) The infant King James IV.

14. Who did Catherine de'Medici propose the Queen marry in 1565?
(a) Erik of Sweden.
(b) Charles IX.
(c) Francis II.
(d) Henry II.

15. What did Mary Queen of Scots want Elizabeth to do for her?
(a) She wanted Elizabeth to make her a new gown.
(b) She wanted Elizabeth to give her land in northern England.
(c) She wanted Elizabeth to give her permission to marry Dudley.
(d) She wanted Elizabeth to declare her the successor to the throne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Elizabeth allow Darnley to escape to Scotland?

2. Who was the Earl of Bothwell?

3. How many wives did Henry VIII have throughout his lifetime?

4. Which two members of Elizabeth's court fell into a power struggle?

5. Elizabeth I was queen of which country?

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