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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 renew her marriage negotiations with Erik of Sweden?
(a) He sent her a beautiful gift that completely enchanted her.
(b) She missed his letters and his company.
(c) He finally learned English.
(d) She did not want him to transfer his proposal to Mary Queen of Scots.

2. Why was it dangerous for Mary to go abroad?
(a) She was not well constituted to travel and was constantly ill.
(b) She could not swim and was deathly afraid of water.
(c) She could gain support for European Catholics who wanted her to take the English throne.
(d) There was a contract taken out on her life by Scotland.

3. Which two members of Elizabeth's court fell into a power struggle?
(a) Throckmorton and Norfolk.
(b) Shakespeare and Marley.
(c) De Quadra and Ben Jonson.
(d) William Cecil and Robert Dudley.

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

5. Who took over the French throne when King Henry II was killed?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Louis XII.
(c) Francis II.
(d) Henry III.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Elizabeth's nickname for William Cecil, her Secretary of State?

2. What was Mary Queen of Scots' main condition if she were to marry Leicester?

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

4. Why, though a political lightweight, was Darnley not allowed to go to Scotland?

5. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Elizabeth show her dominance in public?

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

5. How did members of the court generally feel about Robert Dudley?

6. How did Lord Darnley die?

7. Why did Elizabeth want Mary Queen of Scots to wed Robert Dudley (newly created the Earl of Leicester)?

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

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

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

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