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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Edward VI perish in 1553?
(a) He suffered from the bubonic plague.
(b) He was in a carriage accident.
(c) He drowned at sea.
(d) He contracted tuberculosis.

2. When was Elizabeth officially excommunicated from the Catholic Church?
(a) February 25, 1550.
(b) February 25, 1580.
(c) February 25, 1560.
(d) February 25, 1570.

3. Who does Elizabeth I succeed?
(a) Mary I, her sister.
(b) Mary Queen of Scots, her aunt.
(c) Katharine of Aragon, her stepmother.
(d) Lady Jane Grey, her cousin.

4. Who really controlled the French throne after the King's death?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) Erik of Sweden.
(d) Catherine de' Medici.

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

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

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

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

9. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?
(a) He may have killed her to protect England.
(b) He may have killed her because she was too politically powerful.
(c) He may have killed her because he was jealous of Dudley.
(d) He may have killed her because he was psychotic.

10. 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 forgiven by the people after his guilty verdict.
(c) He was distraught and would not speak for weeks.
(d) He was gleeful and immediately proposed to Elizabeth.

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

12. What was Mary Queen of Scots' main condition if she were to marry Leicester?
(a) She wanted to be named successor.
(b) She wanted a large dowry from the Queen of England.
(c) She wanted him to cut his hair.
(d) She wanted him to move to Scotland.

13. Why did Elizabeth remake Dudley into the Earl of Leicester?
(a) She owed him a favor and was tired of him whining.
(b) She wanted him to marry a Spanish heiress.
(c) She wanted him to be eligible to marry for herself.
(d) She wanted him to be a more attractive match for Mary Queen of Scots.

14. Who was the mother of Elizabeth I mother?
(a) Mary Tudor.
(b) Anne Boleyn.
(c) Katharine of Aragon.
(d) Katherine Parr.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?

2. How was the court split in regard to the Queen's favorite?

3. How did Lord Darnley perish?

4. Why did Elizabeth press Mary Queen of Scots to wed Leicester?

5. In what year did Henry VIII die?

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