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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Leicester's illegitimate son?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Robert.
(c) Charles.
(d) Phil.

2. Who was the leader of the pro-war anti-Spanish faction at court?
(a) Lopez.
(b) Leicester.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Essex.

3. What kind of relationship did Elizabeth have with Essex?
(a) They were lovers.
(b) He was like a son to her.
(c) They were bitter enemies.
(d) They did not know each other at all.

4. Who did Leicester secretly marry so he could have a legitimate heir?
(a) Katherine Howard.
(b) Katherine Parr.
(c) Anne Boleyn.
(d) Lettice Knollys.

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

6. 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 had to pick up the crown jewels.
(d) She wanted to revisit the happiest home of her childhood.

7. What did Elizabeth think was an essential part of a stable state?
(a) War on other neighboring countries.
(b) Uniformity of religion.
(c) Uniformity of dress.
(d) Financial dependence.

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

9. How did Elizabeth punish her Catholic subjects for failing to attend Anglican church?
(a) She issued them fines.
(b) She executed them.
(c) She exiled them.
(d) She excommunicated them.

10. What country asked Elizabeth to become its Queen?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Scotland.

11. What was Elizabeth's nickname for the person in #129?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Frog.
(d) Eyes.

12. Which English explorer blatantly sacked Spanish ships?
(a) The Earl of Essex.
(b) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Sir Francis Drake.

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

14. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?
(a) Yes, but changed her mind two days later.
(b) Yes, but he died before they could wed.
(c) No, she refused to see him.
(d) No, she never even met him.

15. Where did Elizabeth deliver her famous speech to the troops?
(a) Galway.
(b) Tilbury.
(c) Whitehall.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the ceremony King's Evil?

2. To whom did Mary Queen of Scots bequeath her claim to the English throne after her death?

3. At what age was James VI declared old enough to rule Scotland?

4. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?

5. Why, despite Elizabeth's competency, was England still suspicious of a female monarch?

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