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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 Catholic.
(d) They were all Spanish.

5. In what house was the Queen's most famous progress throughout the kingdom?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Kenilworth.
(c) The Tower.
(d) Whitehall.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Elizabeth make a trip to the Tower before her coronation?

2. How many progresses did Elizabeth go on during her reign?

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

4. What did Elizabeth think was an essential part of a stable state?

5. In her speech, Elizabeth stated that though she was a woman she had the ____ and ____ of a King.

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