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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet writes Queen Elizabeth about the disadvantages of marrying Prince Alenzon?
(a) Byron.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Sir Philip Sidney.
(d) Shelley.

2. What is the Earl of Essex charged with in Chapter 29?
(a) Disobedience to the queen.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) High treason.

3. Who raises Lord Burleigh's grandchildren?
(a) Sir Francis Walsingham.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Lord Burleigh and his wife.
(d) Lord Burleigh's daughter, Ann.

4. What is Queen Elizabeth doing while the Earl of Essex's sentence is carried out?
(a) Playing the virginals.
(b) Praying.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Meeting with her Privy Council.

5. When Alenzon and his ambassador are walking with Queen Elizabeth, what actions of the queen indicate her intent to marry Alenzon?
(a) She signs a marital contract with France.
(b) She kisses Alenzon on the lips and gives him a ring.
(c) She tells her Privy Council she agrees to the match.
(d) She sets a wedding date.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Queen Elizabeth reigned at 60 years-old?

2. To whom does King Philip of Spain decide to give England?

3. To whom does Lettice Devereux plot to marry her daughter?

4. What number has Essex's army of 16,000 men been reduced to due to his ineptitude?

5. In addition to anyone who murders Queen Elizabeth, who does the Bond of Associate bind Queen Elizabeth's Privy Council to pursue to death?

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