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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Queen Elizabeth confide in Chapter 21 that she hates the idea of marriage more every day?
(a) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) Sir Francis Walsingham.
(c) The Earl of Sussex.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

2. What debts does Queen Elizabeth pay off in 1573?
(a) Debts her father and brother owe London.
(b) Debts to Germany.
(c) Debts to France.
(d) Debts to Spain.

3. With what married woman and cousin of Queen Elizabeth does the Earl of Leicester have an affair?
(a) Lady Lennox.
(b) Lady Mary Sidney.
(c) Catherine Grey.
(d) Lettice Devereux.

4. Who is assassinated in 1584?
(a) Catherine de Medici.
(b) King Philip of Spain.
(c) Prince Alenzon.
(d) William of Orange.

5. After 1588, a cult develops in Europe exalting Queen Elizabeth to supernatural status as what deities?
(a) Diana or Cynthia, goddess of chastity and moonlight.
(b) Ceridwen and Demeter.
(c) Isis and Freya.
(d) Athena and Hera.

6. Which of the following is not an entertainment provided for Queen Elizabeth during her visit to Kenilworth?
(a) Hunting a hart.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) Fishing.
(d) A bear-baiting.

7. When Queen Elizabeth does not renew a tax on sweet wines that the Earl of Essex depends on for his income, what does Essex do?
(a) He goes back to Ireland.
(b) He begs the queen for a loan.
(c) He becomes a pirate.
(d) He publicly insults the queen.

8. What gift does the Earl of Leicester send Queen Elizabeth on New Year's day in 1580 to distract her from marrying Prince Alenzon?
(a) A new horse.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) A diamond necklace.
(d) Gold buttons with diamonds and rubies on them.

9. What happens to Lady Lennox as a result of her matchmaking for a youth of royal blood without the Crown's permission?
(a) She is imprisoned in the Tower.
(b) She is banished to Scotland.
(c) She is hung.
(d) She is beheaded.

10. Which beloved friend and councilor of Queen Elizabeth's dies at the end of Chapter 25?
(a) Sir Francis Walsingham.
(b) The Earl of Sussex.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) Lord Burleigh.

11. Why does Lord Burleigh's son-in-law, the Earl of Oxford, become angry with Lord Burleigh in Chapter 17?
(a) Burleigh accuses him of infidelity to his wife.
(b) Burleigh borrows money from Oxford and fails to repay it.
(c) Burleigh fails to save Oxford's cousin, the Duke of Norfolk.
(d) Burleigh forbids him to gamble.

12. Why does Queen Elizabeth refuse the Prince of Orange's request to become queen of additional lands?
(a) The lands are too poor to interest her.
(b) The lands are too infested with pirates to interest her.
(c) She would have to marry him to become the queen.
(d) Doing so would put England at open war with Spain.

13. When the Earl of Oxford mistreats his wife, Ann, to what does Burleigh attribute the younger man's misbehavior?
(a) Oxford's preference for another woman.
(b) Burleigh's refusal to loan Oxford a large sum of money.
(c) The Earl's Catholicism and Ann's Protestantism.
(d) Ann's infidelity.

14. Where do Catholics massacre Protestants in great numbers in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Denmark.

15. Who says the Massacre of St. Bartholomew is the greatest crime since the Crucifixion?
(a) The Earl of Leicester.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Lord Burleigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does King Philip of Spain think England is his territory?

2. When the Earl of Essex hides in his house and refuses to answer a summons to appear before the Privy Council, what do Lord Nottingham and Sir Henry Sidney do to get him to come out?

3. Why does Spain attack France in Chapter 27 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>?

4. What is Queen Elizabeth supposed to be able to cure by prayer and touch?

5. How does Alenzon respond when Queen Elizabeth says she will not marry him after having promised to do so?

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