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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was the court split in regard to the Queen's favorite?
(a) Pro-Norlk and anti-Norfolk.
(b) Pro-Leicester and anti-Leicester.
(c) Pro-Darnely and anti-Darnley.
(d) Pro-Mary and anti-Mary.

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

4. How did Elizabeth's marriage games ultimately help England?
(a) They made Lord Dudley jealous, prompting him to propose.
(b) The games became very popular in parlors across Europe.
(c) They kept Elizabeth busy while Henry ran the country.
(d) She kept the other countries from attacking by entertaining their proposals.

5. Why was it dangerous for Mary to go abroad?
(a) There was a contract taken out on her life by Scotland.
(b) She could gain support for European Catholics who wanted her to take the English throne.
(c) She was not well constituted to travel and was constantly ill.
(d) She could not swim and was deathly afraid of water.

6. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?
(a) He was Erik of Sweden's uncle.
(b) He was Elizabeth's favorite cousin.
(c) He was Spain's great duke.
(d) He was Charles IX's 19-year-old bisexual brother.

7. What failed movement did Northumberland and Westmoreland lead?
(a) The Irish Incident.
(b) The War of the Roses.
(c) The Southern Conflict.
(d) The Northern Uprising.

8. Who was sent to negotiate the treaty with Scotland and France?
(a) Robert Dudley.
(b) Pope Pius IV.
(c) Nicholas Throckmorton.
(d) Sir William Cecil.

9. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?
(a) Lord Darnley.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) Charles IX.
(d) Maximilian II.

10. Who was Elizabeth's childhood teacher?
(a) Sir Robert Dudley.
(b) Thomas Parry.
(c) Roger Ascham
(d) Edward Courtenay.

11. In Chapter 4, who was the Queen's favorite person at court?
(a) Robert Dudley.
(b) Catherine de'Medici.
(c) William Cecil.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

12. To what did Mary Queen of Scots think she was entitled?
(a) She believed she was entitled to the estates of Spain.
(b) She believed she was the rightful heir of Sweden.
(c) She believed she was the rightful Queen of England.
(d) She believed she owned Ireland.

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

14. Who did Mary Queen of Scots actually want to wed?
(a) Erik of Sweden.
(b) Lord Darnley, son of Mary Stuart.
(c) The Early of Leicester.
(d) The Earl of Moray, her half-brother.

15. Why did Elizabeth press Mary Queen of Scots to wed Leicester?
(a) She wanted to discourage Mary's other Catholic suitors.
(b) She wanted to get Leicester out of the court.
(c) She wanted Mary Queen of Scots to come and live in England with her.
(d) She wanted Erik of Sweden to be jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?

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

3. Why wouldn't Elizabeth I name a successor?

4. Why did Elizabeth want her suitors to visit England in person?

5. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?

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