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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 Papal Bull did Gregory XIII reissue?
(a) The Papal Bull excommunicating Montezuma.
(b) The Papal Bull excommunicating Phillip II.
(c) The Papal Bull excommunicating Elizabeth.
(d) The Papal Bull excommunicating Ireland.

2. Who wrote The Fairie Queen?
(a) Edmund Spenser.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Ben Jonson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

3. What was Elizabeth's favorite art form?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Painting.
(d) Literature.

4. Who was the leader of the pro-war anti-Spanish faction at court?
(a) Lopez.
(b) Leicester.
(c) Essex.
(d) Cecil.

5. How was Essex perceived by the English public?
(a) He was a villain.
(b) He was very unpopular.
(c) He was a virtual unknown.
(d) He was very popular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what religious persuasion was Henry III?

2. How did Elizabeth punish her Catholic subjects for failing to attend Anglican church?

3. What right did the Queen have in regard to her ladies in waiting?

4. What was perhaps the most serious marriage consideration of Elizabeth's life?

5. Why weren't there many women at Elizabeth's court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Treaty of Blois?

2. What aspects of Elizabeth's character are evident in her speech to the troops at Tilbury?

3. What were the results of Essex's Ireland campaign?

4. What did Burghley's death symbolize?

5. How did Elizabeth cultivate the people's love?

6. Why, ultimately, did Elizabeth decide against marrying Alencon?

7. Why was Norfolk's sentence commuted to beheading instead of being hanged, drawn, and quartered?

8. Did Elizabeth accept a marriage proposal from Anjou? Explain.

9. Who is Gloriana?

10. Why did the Queen avoid residences from her childhood?

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