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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 item(s) were discovered that incriminated Mary in Darnley's murder?
(a) The Casket Letters.
(b) A fingerprint on his neck.
(c) The Estate Receipts.
(d) A record of her conversation with the murderer.

2. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Fifteen years.

3. How were Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots related?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were sisters.
(c) They were in-laws.
(d) They were third cousins twice removed.

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

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 got the stomach flu and was extremely dehydrated.
(c) She discovered an assassination plot.
(d) Robert Dudley contracted the black death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the mother of Elizabeth I mother?

2. In what year did Henry VIII die?

3. How was Lady Jane Grey related to Elizabeth?

4. Who took over the Scottish monarch?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why was Elizabeth so sensitive about the succession?

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

7. What factors played into the death of Amy Dudley?

8. During her coronation service, to whom was Elizabeth symbolically married?

9. How could Elizabeth's childhood have played into her adult refusals to marry?

10. What were the Casket Letters?

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