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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion did Elizabeth I practice?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Buddhism.

2. To what did Mary Queen of Scots think she was entitled?
(a) She believed she owned Ireland.
(b) She believed she was the rightful Queen of England.
(c) She believed she was entitled to the estates of Spain.
(d) She believed she was the rightful heir of Sweden.

3. Who did Mary Queen of Scots actually want to wed?
(a) Erik of Sweden.
(b) The Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
(c) The Early of Leicester.
(d) Lord Darnley, son of Mary Stuart.

4. Why did Elizabeth want her suitors to visit England in person?
(a) She was unable to travel to them because of illness.
(b) She would not marry someone she had not met.
(c) She wanted to interrogate them to make sure they were honest.
(d) She wanted to kidnap them and hold them for ransom.

5. Why was it dangerous for Mary to remain in England?
(a) She did not speak English well and had trouble communicating.
(b) She was extremely depressed and wanted to travel.
(c) She was not well constituted to live in England and was constantly ill.
(d) She could be put in the hands of English Catholics who wanted her to claim the throne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elizabeth's nickname for Robert Dudley when he was Master of Horse?

2. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband?

3. How was the court split in regard to the Queen's favorite?

4. Why did the Queen need heirs?

5. What reason did the Queen give in her refusal of Erik of Sweden?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Europe's political environment change upon the death of Francis II?

2. Who was suspected in his murder?

3. Who did Catherine de' Medici suggest the Queen marry in 1565?

4. What were the Casket Letters?

5. What event spurred Elizabeth to look more seriously into a marriage as a way to secure England's future?

6. Why was Elizabeth so sensitive about the succession?

7. According to the author, did the Queen have a physical relationship with Robert Dudley? Why or why not?

8. How did Elizabeth's policies toward her people's religion differ from Mary's?

9. What is one example in Chapter 4 of the Queen using her single status to protect the interests of her kingdom?

10. How did Lord Darnley die?

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