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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret arrangement did Essex make with Tyrone?
(a) He arranged a banquet.
(b) He arranged a cease-fire.
(c) He arranged a masked ball.
(d) He arranged a prisoner exchange.

2. What did Elizabeth do whenever people thought she was ill?
(a) She would make a public display of her health.
(b) She would throw fits in her council meetings.
(c) She would shut herself in her chamber.
(d) She would demand a written correction of the rumor.

3. Who did Elizabeth appoint as her secretary?
(a) Robert Cecil.
(b) Burghley.
(c) Robert Dudley.
(d) Essex.

4. 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.

5. What was perhaps the most serious marriage consideration of Elizabeth's life?
(a) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(b) The Duke of Anjou.
(c) Phillip II.
(d) Henry III.

6. Why was Sir Walter Raleigh unpopular at court?
(a) He enjoyed bagpipe music.
(b) He was in favor of Elizabeth's abdication.
(c) He was arrogant and rude.
(d) He was Spanish.

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

8. What was the English Enterprise?
(a) It was an old document written by Henry VIII.
(b) It was an apology from the Pope for excommunicating Elizabeth I.
(c) It was an economic plan launched by Elizabeth I.
(d) It was a plan between Mary and Phillip II to take control of England.

9. How did the Duke of Norfolk die?
(a) He was hanged, drawn, and quartered.
(b) He was drowned.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was beheaded.

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

11. Who led the expedition to aid Henry IV against the Catholic French and Spanish?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Essex.

12. How many dresses did Elizabeth own?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) Four.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) Fifty.

13. Who entered English territory on a sail to the Netherlands?
(a) France.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Spain.

14. What title did Elizabeth create for William Cecil on February 25, 1571?
(a) The Baron Burghley.
(b) The Earl of Leicester.
(c) The Baron Sussex.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What church did Elizabeth lead?

2. How was the feel of Elizabeth's court described?

3. Where did Elizabeth deliver her famous speech to the troops?

4. What kind of relationship did Elizabeth have with Essex?

5. Who was the leader of the pro-war anti-Spanish faction at court?

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