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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many dresses did Elizabeth own?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Three thousand.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Four.
2. What was the Queen's favorite household?
(a) Nonsuch in Surrey.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) Whitehall.
(d) The Tower of London.
3. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?
(a) No, she refused to see him.
(b) Yes, but changed her mind two days later.
(c) No, she never even met him.
(d) Yes, but he died before they could wed.
4. Who was the leader of the pro-war anti-Spanish faction at court?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Essex.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Lopez.
5. What was the result of Essex's campaign in Ireland?
(a) It brought Ireland to its knees.
(b) It was a complete disaster.
(c) It was a complete success.
(d) It brought England under Irish control.
6. In her speech, Elizabeth stated that though she was a woman she had the ____ and ____ of a King.
(a) Brain and eyes.
(b) Liver and kidney.
(c) Hands and feet.
(d) Heart and stomach.
7. Which English explorer blatantly sacked Spanish ships?
(a) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(b) Sir Francis Drake.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) Leicester.
8. Who stage managed Elizabeth's famous speech to the troops?
(a) Burghley.
(b) Leicester.
(c) Essex.
(d) Worcester.
9. Why couldn't Elizabeth rely as strongly on marriage proposals during this turbulent time?
(a) She was already married.
(b) She was a little too old for marriage.
(c) She was already engaged.
(d) The suitors were tired of her games.
10. Why was Sir Walter Raleigh unpopular at court?
(a) He was Spanish.
(b) He enjoyed bagpipe music.
(c) He was in favor of Elizabeth's abdication.
(d) He was arrogant and rude.
11. Who was Hugh O'Neill?
(a) He was the Queen's head of security.
(b) He was the second Early of Shrewsbury and a Polish rebel.
(c) He was a Privy Councillor to King James VI of Scotland.
(d) He was the second Earl of Tyrone and an Irish rebel.
12. 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.
13. 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 remembered the disaster that was Mary Tudor's reign.
(c) They were afraid of Elizabeth's power.
(d) They did not like Mary Queen of Scots.
14. What country asked Elizabeth to become its Queen?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.
15. What kind of relationship did Elizabeth have with Essex?
(a) They were lovers.
(b) He was like a son to her.
(c) They did not know each other at all.
(d) They were bitter enemies.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Treaty of Blois allied what two countries?
2. Why weren't there many women at Elizabeth's court?
3. How did Elizabeth take her meals?
4. What happened to those who had been knighted by Essex?
5. What Papal Bull did Gregory XIII reissue?
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