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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose marriage proposal did the Queen turn down because she wished to remain single?
(a) Philip of Spain.
(b) Robin Dudley.
(c) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(d) William Cecil.

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

4. What was the nickname of Mary I?
(a) The Queen of Scots.
(b) The Virgin Queen.
(c) Bloody Mary.
(d) Maggie.

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

6. 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.

7. How did the Queen's court, in general, feel about Robert Dudley?
(a) They were jealous of him and his relationship with the Queen.
(b) They were in awe of his superior horsemanship.
(c) They hated him and refused to speak with him.
(d) They loved him and commended his bravery.

8. On what day was Elizabeth's coronation ceremony?
(a) Saturday, June 30.
(b) Friday, September 2.
(c) Wednesday, April 17.
(d) Sunday, January 15.

9. Who did Mary Queen of Scots wed on July 29, 1565?
(a) Norfolk.
(b) Lord Darnley.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Sussex.

10. How long did Elizabeth reign?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

12. What reason did the Queen give in her refusal of Erik of Sweden?
(a) She promised herself to Robert Dudley.
(b) She was offended that he did not speak English.
(c) She was disinclined to marry, especially someone who would be absent from the country.
(d) She had only weeks to live because of illness.

13. Who was the younger brother of Elizabeth I?
(a) James I.
(b) Lord Dudley.
(c) Edward VI.
(d) Henry VII.

14. Why did the council worry about Elizabeth's relationship with Dudley?
(a) They worried she would marry him.
(b) They worried he would go to France.
(c) They worried he would marry the princess of Spain.
(d) They worried she would execute him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Elizabeth officially feel about Mary Queen of Scots' marriage?

2. What, the author theorizes, may have been part of Robin's allure for the Queen?

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

4. In what year did Henry VIII die?

5. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?

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