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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 many dresses did Elizabeth own?

2. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

3. The Treaty of Bristol allied what two countries?

4. How did Elizabeth prefer to solve her problems?

5. Why was Sir Walter Raleigh unpopular at court?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was courtly love?

2. Why did Elizabeth decide to execute Essex?

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

4. Who started the youth movement in England and why?

5. What did Burghley's death symbolize?

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

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

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

9. What Protestant country wanted Elizabeth to be its Queen as well?

10. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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