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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 wrote The Fairie Queen?

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

3. Who became Elizabeth's new Master of Horse and favorite?

4. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?

5. Who did Leicester choose to lavish his affections on after Douglas Howard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of Elizabeth's character are evident in her speech to the troops at Tilbury?

2. How was Elizabeth's health throughout her reign?

3. Why was Elizabeth conflicted about punishing Mary?

4. Why did the Queen's Ladies wear black and white?

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

6. What major changes were taking place in Elizabeth's court?

7. Why did the Queen avoid residences from her childhood?

8. What was the Treaty of Blois?

9. Why, ultimately, did Elizabeth decide against marrying Alencon?

10. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Elizabeth's childhood. Who were her parents? How did her mother's end affect her throughout her life? What were her relationships with her siblings? How did these relationships continue to affect her adult life? What effect did her past experiences have on her willingness to marry?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two of Elizabeth's famous speeches, the speech to the troops at Tilbury and the Golden speech. How are they similar? How are they different? Is it immediately apparent that Elizabeth gave the speeches at very different point in her life? Why or why not? How did her gifts in oratory solidify her legend?

Essay Topic 3

How did people in Elizabeth's time feel about women rulers? What was the overall opinion of women in general? Did Elizabeth or her councillors appear to share that opinion? Why or why not? Did Elizabeth consider her femaleness a hindrance? When, during her reign, was being a woman advantageous? Were any prejudiced toward women overturned by the end of her reign?

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