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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?
(a) She was married to James VI.
(b) She was married to Anjou.
(c) She was married to Leicester.
(d) She was married to her people.

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

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

8. Why did the Queen have difficulty understanding when her ladies wanted to marry?
(a) She loved her ladies and was offended they wanted to leave.
(b) She wanted them to commit their lives to God.
(c) She hated men and did not understand why they would want one.
(d) She wanted them to revel in their virginity.

9. Who did Sir Walter Raleigh secretly marry?
(a) Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) Molly Brown.
(c) Bess Throckmorton.
(d) Lettice Knollys.

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

11. Who else was involved in Ridolfi's plot?
(a) Westmorland and Northumberland.
(b) Lord Burghley and the Earl of Leicester.
(c) Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots.
(d) Sussex and Lettice Knollys.

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

13. Who stage managed Elizabeth's famous speech to the troops?
(a) Worcester.
(b) Essex.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Burghley.

14. Who wrote The Fairie Queen?
(a) Edmund Spenser.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Ben Jonson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dresses did Elizabeth own?

2. The Treaty of Bristol allied what two countries?

3. Who did Leicester secretly marry?

4. What was perhaps the most serious marriage consideration of Elizabeth's life?

5. Who did Leicester secretly marry so he could have a legitimate heir?

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