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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Cecil, Norfolk, and Sussex want the Queen to marry?

2. How many wives did Henry VIII have throughout his lifetime?

3. Who, in a play for political power, may have been behind Amy Dudley's death?

4. What did Mary Queen of Scots want Elizabeth to do for her?

5. Why did Elizabeth want her suitors to visit England in person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the reasons that the Queen reveled in her relationship with Robert Dudley?

2. Why was Elizabeth cautious about her religion during the reign of Mary I?

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

4. What was the strategy in Elizabeth's keeping so many suitors interested?

5. Who was suspected in his murder?

6. What is Alison Weir's point of view on the reign of Elizabeth I?

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

8. How did Elizabeth's policies toward her people's religion differ from Mary's?

9. Why was Elizabeth so sensitive about the succession?

10. What event spurred Elizabeth to look more seriously into a marriage as a way to secure England's future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research Edmund Spenser's The Fairie Queen. How is Elizabeth represented in the work? Are there any other references in the text to Elizabeth? Do you think she was so well represented in literature because she was a patroness of the arts? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Elizabeth refuse to marry? What were the political implications of her singleness? Who did she claim to be married to? Why did Elizabeth personally abhor the state of matrimony? What incidents in her past may have contributed to this opinion? What other theories does the author mention on Elizabeth's spinsterhood? How did she continually used marriage as a bargaining chip to protect England?

Essay Topic 3

The Queen went on many long progresses throughout her kingdom. Why did she take these long trips? What did they help her accomplish politically? Financially? Allegorically? Was it an honor for a nobleman to receive the Queen? Why or why not? What were some of Elizabeth's favorite places to visit?

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