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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. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?

2. How was the court split in regard to the Queen's favorite?

3. How did Elizabeth's marriage games ultimately help England?

4. How did Elizabeth officially feel about Mary Queen of Scots' marriage?

5. What, the author theorizes, may have been part of Robin's allure for the Queen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband, Robert?

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

3. Why was Elizabeth so sensitive about the succession?

4. What were the Casket Letters?

5. How could Elizabeth's childhood have played into her adult refusals to marry?

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

7. Why did Elizabeth I decide to stress English nationalism?

8. Why did Elizabeth want Mary Queen of Scots to wed Robert Dudley (newly created the Earl of Leicester)?

9. Why did Elizabeth I feel competitive toward Mary Queen of Scots?

10. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences between Elizabeth I and Mary I. How did they differ in the stance on religion? What examples can you give about their individual reigns? How did they differ in personality? Which sister was the more fit ruler of England? Why? Support your argument with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Elizabeth was notoriously mercurial. How did such aspects of her personality affect her reign? Where did such aspects make themselves known? How different may her reign have been if she made a decision and stuck to it? What did her councillors think about her constantly changing her mind? In the end, what did she accomplish by being so adaptable?

Essay Topic 3

Lord Darnley's murder of Rizzio was the beginning of the end for him. Compile a crime report of Rizzio's murder. Include evidence on Lord Darnley's subsequent murder. Were the two events related at all? Why or why not? What role did Mary Queen of Scots have to play in the murders? Why had Elizabeth initially allowed Darnley to go to Scotland?

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