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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. With Spain supporting Mary Stuart and planning to invade England on her behalf, with what country is it important for Queen Elizabeth and England to form an alliance?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

2. According to King Henry's will, what is the order of succession to the throne?
(a) Mary, Elizabeth, Edward.
(b) Lady Jane Grey, Edward, Mary.
(c) Edward, Mary, Elizabeth.
(d) Mary, Edward, Lady Jane Grey.

3. In whom does Mary Stuart confide when her marriage to Lord Darnley becomes unhappy?
(a) Sir William Cecil.
(b) Queen Elizabeth of England.
(c) Rizzio, her Italian secretary.
(d) Lady Lennox.

4. Who becomes King of Scotland when Mary Stuart is forced to abdicate?
(a) James, her 13 month-old son.
(b) Lord Bothwell.
(c) Lord Darnley.
(d) The Earl of Leicester.

5. What happens when the Scottish Lords try to rescue Mary Stuart from Tutbury Castle where she is being held?
(a) They find she has been moved to Coventry.
(b) They are reported to the queen and flee to France.
(c) They are intercepted by English troops and battle ensues.
(d) They succeed in rescuing her and escape to Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?

2. What are pearls said to symbolize?

3. What does Queen Elizabeth do with the cargo of the Spanish ships?

4. Why does Queen Elizabeth hesitate to take a more active part in the Protestant rebellion in Scotland?

5. Which of the following is not a place where glass is used in England as peacetime prosperity develops an increasing market for it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the demand for glass that arises during Queen Elizabeth's reign.

3. What does Queen Elizabeth find appealing about Prince Alenzon when he is so physically unattractive? What do her people find so objectionable about him?

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

5. Explain Wyatt's rebellion. How does it affect Elizabeth?

6. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's attitude toward Catholicism and religious tolerance.

7. Discuss the plot Spanish ambassador Don Gerau De Spies has to restore England to Catholicism.

8. What makes Parliament break out into fistfights and how does Queen Elizabeth temporarily resolve the issue?

9. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's bout with smallpox and what fear her illness arouses in her councilors.

10. 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.

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