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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. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?

2. Who did Leicester secretly marry?

3. Who stage managed Elizabeth's famous speech to the troops?

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

5. Who succeeded to the French throne after the Duke of Anjou's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Elizabeth conflicted about punishing Mary?

3. What was the biggest factor in England's defeat of the Spanish Armada?

4. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

5. Why was Norfolk's sentence commuted to beheading instead of being hanged, drawn, and quartered?

6. Why was Mary, finally, beheaded?

7. Why did Essex's coup fail?

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

9. What was the English Enterprise?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why was Elizabeth so reluctant to choose a successor? What did she fear would happen? Was she right to wait so long to name someone? Why or why not? How different would her reign have been had she chose a successor? If she had married and had children? Use what you have learned about aspects of Elizabeth's personality to support your theory.

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of Essex. Though at one time he was poised to become the greatest power in England, what was his downfall? Why did the Queen give him so many chances? What specific instances were key in his fate? Be sure to refer back to the text to support your examination.

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