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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 was Lady Jane Grey related to Elizabeth?

2. Why did Elizabeth allow Darnley to escape to Scotland?

3. What failed movement did Northumberland and Westmoreland lead?

4. Who does Elizabeth I succeed?

5. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lord Darnley die?

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

4. Why was Elizabeth so sensitive about the succession?

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

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

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

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

9. Why was Mary Queen on Scots a threat to Elizabeth I?

10. During her coronation service, to whom was Elizabeth symbolically married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Lady Amy Dudley? Who was her husband? How did Amy Dudley meet her end? Was her death the result of a political power struggle? How did Amy Dudley's death affect Robert Dudley's standing at court? With the Queen? Explain the author's theory on the sequence of events. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Elizabeth's court popularized the idea of courtly love. What is courtly love? How was courtly love practiced? How might such an institution have benefited the Elizabethan court? How might such an institution have flattered Elizabeth herself? Examine aspects of Elizabeth's personality. How did courtly love appeal to her vanity?

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