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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Elizabeth make a trip to the Tower before her coronation?
(a) She wanted to visit Mary before the coronation.
(b) It was a tradition for the monarch to visit the Tower.
(c) She wanted to revisit the happiest home of her childhood.
(d) She had to pick up the crown jewels.

2. To whom did Mary Queen of Scots bequeath her claim to the English throne after her death?
(a) James VI of Scotland.
(b) Phillip of Spain.
(c) William the Conqueror.
(d) Henry of Bourbon.

3. Who was Hugh O'Neill?
(a) He was the second Earl of Tyrone and an Irish rebel.
(b) He was the Queen's head of security.
(c) He was the second Early of Shrewsbury and a Polish rebel.
(d) He was a Privy Councillor to King James VI of Scotland.

4. How was Essex perceived by the English public?
(a) He was very unpopular.
(b) He was very popular.
(c) He was a villain.
(d) He was a virtual unknown.

5. Why did Anjou return to wooing Elizabeth?
(a) His only wish was to be King of England.
(b) He needed her money for a campaign in the Netherlands.
(c) His father insisted he marry her.
(d) He was in love with her and could not live without her.

6. How did Elizabeth take her meals?
(a) She ate with her ladies in waiting.
(b) She only ate with the Earl of Leicester.
(c) In huge banquet halls: she hated eating alone.
(d) Privately; she disliked eating in public.

7. Who was appointed a Privy Councillor at the young age of 27?
(a) Cecil.
(b) Lopez.
(c) Essex.
(d) Leicester.

8. What happened to those who had been knighted by Essex?
(a) They were obliged to leave England.
(b) The Queen beheaded them.
(c) The Queen stripped them of their titles.
(d) The Queen held a great banquet in their honor.

9. Why, according to Elizabeth, was she unable to marry Anjou?
(a) She was jealous of his mistresses.
(b) She wanted the approval of her people.
(c) She was in love with Phillip of Spain.
(d) She did not love him.

10. Who did Catherine de' Medici suggest for Elizabeth to marry, though he was only seventeen?
(a) Lord Shrewsbury.
(b) Hercules-Francis, Duke of Alencon.
(c) Lord Hunsdon.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

11. When Anjou left her court for the last time, what did it symbolize?
(a) It symbolized the resolution to the succession.
(b) It symbolized the end of the war between France and Spain.
(c) It symbolized the end of the Netherlands.
(d) It symbolized the end of the Queen's courting days.

12. How was the feel of Elizabeth's court described?
(a) It felt like a family.
(b) It felt like a choir.
(c) It felt like an army.
(d) It felt like a school.

13. Who did Leicester secretly marry?
(a) Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) Douglas, the Lady Sheffield.
(d) Lettice Knollys.

14. Who succeeded to the French throne after the Duke of Anjou's death?
(a) Phillip of Spain, a Catholic.
(b) Henry of Bourbon, a Huguenot.
(c) Erik of Sweden, a Marxist.
(d) John Proctor, a Puritan.

15. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?
(a) It was not fashionable to stay in any one place for more than 48 hours.
(b) The Queen enjoyed traveling.
(c) Subjects were in fierce competition to host the court.
(d) The entourage was too big and expensive for one house to host them all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elizabeth's nickname for the person in #129?

2. Who did Sir Walter Raleigh secretly marry?

3. What country asked Elizabeth to become its Queen?

4. Who wrote The Fairie Queen?

5. What member of the Queen's court died on August 4, 1598?

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