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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. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?
(a) No, she refused to see him.
(b) No, she never even met him.
(c) Yes, but he died before they could wed.
(d) Yes, but changed her mind two days later.

2. What was the result of Essex's campaign in Ireland?
(a) It brought Ireland to its knees.
(b) It was a complete success.
(c) It brought England under Irish control.
(d) It was a complete disaster.

3. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?
(a) She was married to Anjou.
(b) She was married to Leicester.
(c) She was married to her people.
(d) She was married to James VI.

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

5. What were the dual reasons for Elizabeth to live in such a large image?
(a) She was competing with Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) She was stroking her ego and keeping up appearances for her people.
(c) She was desperately trying to secure a marriage.
(d) She was afraid of being forgotten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Elizabeth have to execute Norfolk?

2. Who did Leicester secretly marry so he could have a legitimate heir?

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

4. When Anjou left her court for the last time, what did it symbolize?

5. Who was the leader of the pro-war anti-Spanish faction at court?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who started the youth movement in England and why?

2. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

3. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

4. What was the Treaty of Blois?

5. What were all English subjects required to do, or they would incur a fine?

6. Why was Mary, finally, beheaded?

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

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

9. Why were the English people prejudiced against female monarchs?

10. What was the most serious courtship of Elizabeth's reign?

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