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

2. Where did Elizabeth deliver her famous speech to the troops?
(a) Tilbury.
(b) London.
(c) Whitehall.
(d) Galway.

3. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?
(a) Subjects were in fierce competition to host the court.
(b) The entourage was too big and expensive for one house to host them all.
(c) It was not fashionable to stay in any one place for more than 48 hours.
(d) The Queen enjoyed traveling.

4. Why weren't there many women at Elizabeth's court?
(a) The men did not bring them because they wanted to marry Elizabeth.
(b) The female courtiers did not like her and refused to go.
(c) Most women died in childbirth.
(d) She preferred to be the center of male attention.

5. Upon his return to England, how did Essex greatly offend the Queen?
(a) He married her lady in waiting.
(b) He burst into her dressing chamber.
(c) He completely ignored her.
(d) He challenged her in public.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who entered English territory on a sail to the Netherlands?

3. How did Elizabeth prefer to solve her problems?

4. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?

5. To whom did Mary Queen of Scots bequeath her claim to the English throne after her death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Treaty of Blois?

2. What was the English Enterprise?

3. Who is Gloriana?

4. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

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

6. Who was involved in the Catholic plot to take Elizabeth's throne?

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

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

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

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

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