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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. Why did Elizabeth allow Darnley to escape to Scotland?
(a) She was angry at Norfolk and wanted to talk Mary out of his hands.
(b) She knew Cecil was against the match and wanted to defy him.
(c) She loved him and only wanted him to be happy.
(d) She knew he was unfit to rule and would put Mary more firmly into her hands.

2. Why did Elizabeth feel competitive toward Mary Queen of Scots?
(a) Mary was a better musician than Elizabeth.
(b) Mary spoke more languages than Elizabeth.
(c) Mary was younger than Elizabeth and rumored to be beautiful.
(d) Mary's wardrobe was rumored to be more substantial than Elizabeth's.

3. Who took over the Scottish monarch?
(a) The infant King James IV.
(b) Elizabeth I.
(c) Catherine de' Medici.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

4. What did Mary Queen of Scots want Elizabeth to do for her?
(a) She wanted Elizabeth to give her permission to marry Dudley.
(b) She wanted Elizabeth to declare her the successor to the throne.
(c) She wanted Elizabeth to make her a new gown.
(d) She wanted Elizabeth to give her land in northern England.

5. What was Elizabeth's first personal brush with death in her reign?
(a) She contracted smallpox and was in bed for six days.
(b) She discovered an assassination plot.
(c) She got the stomach flu and was extremely dehydrated.
(d) Robert Dudley contracted the black death.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Mary Queen of Scots fall in love?

2. Who publicly accused Dudley of interfering in state business?

3. What failed movement did Northumberland and Westmoreland lead?

4. Why did the council worry about Elizabeth's relationship with Dudley?

5. On what day was Elizabeth's coronation ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alison Weir's point of view on the reign of Elizabeth I?

2. Why was Mary Queen on Scots a threat to Elizabeth I?

3. What happened to Mary Queen of Scots secretary, Rizzio?

4. How did Lord Darnley die?

5. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?

6. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband, Robert?

7. Why did Elizabeth allow Lord Darnley to go to Scotland?

8. Why was Elizabeth cautious about her religion during the reign of Mary I?

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

10. What were some of the reasons that the Queen reveled in her relationship with Robert Dudley?

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