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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finally accepted the crown of the Netherlands?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) The Duke of Anjou.
(c) Philip of Spain.
(d) The Archduke Ferdinand.

2. What member of the Queen's court died on August 4, 1598?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Essex.
(c) Burghley.
(d) Cecil.

3. 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.

4. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?
(a) She went jogging.
(b) She took dancing lessons.
(c) She went hunting.
(d) She went to the castle gym.

5. In her portraits, Elizabeth wanted the myth of the Virgin Queen to take precedence over what?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Color.
(c) Abstracts.
(d) Realism.

6. Who was Roberto Ridolfi?
(a) He was almost assuredly Elizabeth's lover.
(b) He was a papal agent who wanted Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne.
(c) He was Norfolk's secretary.
(d) He was Catherine de'Medici's ambassador.

7. Why did Elizabeth avoid the homes of her childhood?
(a) They were occupied by her other relatives.
(b) She enjoyed the Tower more than all the residences.
(c) They were fallen into disrepair and too expensive to fix.
(d) She did not have good memories from those places.

8. How was Essex executed?
(a) He was beheaded.
(b) He was drowned.
(c) He was drawn and quartered.
(d) He was hanged.

9. Why weren't there many women at Elizabeth's court?
(a) The female courtiers did not like her and refused to go.
(b) The men did not bring them because they wanted to marry Elizabeth.
(c) She preferred to be the center of male attention.
(d) Most women died in childbirth.

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

11. By 1587, how many pieces of jewelry did Elizabeth own?
(a) Seven thousand.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Six hundred twenty-eight.
(d) One hundred and two.

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

13. What did all of Essex's coup supporters have in common?
(a) They were all committed to the Tower.
(b) They were all short of money.
(c) They were all Spanish.
(d) They were all Catholic.

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

15. Why, despite Elizabeth's competency, was England still suspicious of a female monarch?
(a) They knew Catherine de' Medici and did not like her.
(b) They did not like Mary Queen of Scots.
(c) They remembered the disaster that was Mary Tudor's reign.
(d) They were afraid of Elizabeth's power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the expedition to aid Henry IV against the Catholic French and Spanish?

2. Who stage managed Elizabeth's famous speech to the troops?

3. Upon his return to England, how did Essex greatly offend the Queen?

4. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?

5. Why, according to Elizabeth, was she unable to marry Anjou?

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