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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. What secret arrangement did Essex make with Tyrone?

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

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

4. In her portraits, Elizabeth wanted the myth of the Virgin Queen to take precedence over what?

5. Why did Elizabeth avoid the homes of her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Gloriana?

4. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

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

6. What did Burghley's death symbolize?

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

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

9. What was the Treaty of Blois?

10. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The Queen went on many long progresses throughout her kingdom. Why did she take these long trips? What did they help her accomplish politically? Financially? Allegorically? Was it an honor for a nobleman to receive the Queen? Why or why not? What were some of Elizabeth's favorite places to visit?

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