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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did the Queen promise to do for anyone who would make trouble for France?
(a) She said she would throw him a party.
(b) She said she would never forgive him.
(c) She said she would pay him in gold.
(d) She said she would marry him.

6. 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.

7. Why, though a political lightweight, was Darnley not allowed to go to Scotland?
(a) Queen Elizabeth was probably in love with him.
(b) He was a simple person and it was feared he would get lost on the way.
(c) He was dreadfully ill and contagious.
(d) It was feared he would elope with Mary Queen of Scots.

8. Which two members of Elizabeth's court fell into a power struggle?
(a) William Cecil and Robert Dudley.
(b) De Quadra and Ben Jonson.
(c) Shakespeare and Marley.
(d) Throckmorton and Norfolk.

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

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

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

12. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Fifteen years.

13. 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 hated him and refused to speak with him.
(c) They loved him and commended his bravery.
(d) They were in awe of his superior horsemanship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did Elizabeth reign?

3. Who was Elizabeth's childhood teacher?

4. Who was the Earl of Bothwell?

5. To what did Mary Queen of Scots think she was entitled?

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