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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 Anjou return to wooing Elizabeth?
(a) His only wish was to be King of England.
(b) His father insisted he marry her.
(c) He was in love with her and could not live without her.
(d) He needed her money for a campaign in the Netherlands.

2. Who else was involved in Ridolfi's plot?
(a) Lord Burghley and the Earl of Leicester.
(b) Sussex and Lettice Knollys.
(c) Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots.
(d) Westmorland and Northumberland.

3. How did Elizabeth keep up her image as she aged?
(a) She wore elaborate costumes and makeup.
(b) She hired young look-alikes to go into public.
(c) She took up a weekly skin care regiment.
(d) She retired from public life and commissioned portraits.

4. Who did Leicester choose to lavish his affections on after Douglas Howard?
(a) Lettice Knollys.
(b) Anne Boleyn.
(c) Katherine Howard.
(d) Katherine Parr.

5. Besides the Queen, who was the most powerful person in the court?
(a) Burghley.
(b) Sussex.
(c) Essex.
(d) Leicester.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what house was the Queen's most famous progress throughout the kingdom?

2. What was the name of Leicester's illegitimate son?

3. What title did Elizabeth create for William Cecil on February 25, 1571?

4. What did Puritans desire from Elizabeth?

5. Who did Sir Walter Raleigh secretly marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Elizabeth decide to execute Essex?

2. What was courtly love?

3. Why did Essex's coup fail?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

10. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

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