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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lord Darnley in Edinburgh the day before he marries Mary Stuart?
(a) He is proclaimed King of Scotland.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is killed in a sword fight.
(d) He gets the plague.

2. Who keeps Princess Elizabeth from her dying brother's bedside and intercepts her correspondence to the young king?
(a) The Duke of Northumberland.
(b) Edward Seymour.
(c) The Earl of Essex.
(d) Thomas Seymour.

3. What does Elizabeth ride in through London to Westminster on the Saturday before her coronation?
(a) A chariot draped with crimson velvet.
(b) A coach draped with rubies and pearls.
(c) A silk-draped litter carried by eight footmen.
(d) A golden coach.

4. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the cargo of the Spanish ships?
(a) Gives it away to her people.
(b) Sends it to France.
(c) Takes it to the Tower and keeps it.
(d) Sends it to Spain.

5. Why is Queen Elizabeth called "Queen of the Sea?"
(a) Because she swims a lot.
(b) Because of her interest in the Navy.
(c) Because England is a seafaring nation.
(d) Because she has a large Navy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Princess Elizabeth's mother when the princess is just a toddler?

2. What powerful country supports the marriage of Mary Stuart to Darnley?

3. How long has Queen Elizabeth ruled England at 37 years-old?

4. To whom does Queen Elizabeth give the Earldom of Leicester?

5. What color robes does Queen Elizabeth wear for her crowning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the Earl of Leicester's marriage to Lettice Devereux and its affect on his relationship with Queen Elizabeth.

2. What is the Bond of Association?

3. Does Queen Elizabeth intend to marry Prince Alenzon or does she use this potential marriage for diplomatic reasons as she does all her other potential marriages?

4. What is Elizabeth's relationship with her brother, King Edward VI, like?

5. Discuss the plot of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, and Duke of Northumberland, to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne after King Edward VI dies.

6. Why is Catherine Grey's pregnancy so upsetting to Queen Elizabeth?

7. Why are Lady Lennox and Lady Shrewsbury sent to the Tower when their children marry?

8. What folly does Queen Elizabeth's cousin, Mary Grey, commit? What previous examples in her own family should have taught her not to take this step?

9. What implications does the Massacre of St. Bartholomew have for England and Queen Elizabeth?

10. What is the author's intention in writing <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>? How does her intention affect the shape of the book?

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