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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 Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?

2. How old is Elizabeth when she becomes queen of England?

3. What does the author say hair is washed with during Queen Elizabeth's lifetime?

4. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Wyatt's Rebellion depicted in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Spain want to invade England in 1587?

2. Why does the Duke of Anjou not want to marry Queen Elizabeth when his parents suggest the match?

3. Explain why Queen Elizabeth refuses to become Queen of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht when offered the title.

4. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's coronation. How do the people of England accept her at the beginning of her reign?

5. Explain how Queen Elizabeth's payment of the debts owed the City of London by King Henry VIII and King Edward VI increase her popularity with her people.

6. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's attitude toward the persecution of Catholics in England.

7. As Queen Elizabeth ages and her old advisors die and are replaced, what kind of man is the queen most fond of and does this fondness differ from the kind of men she was fond of in her youth?

8. Discuss Queen Elizabeth's response to criticism of the Anglican Church for appointing incompetent clergy.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the rivalry between Queen Elizabeth and Lettice Knollys. Are the two women rivals on other levels in addition to being rivals for Robert Dudley? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Sir Francis Drake and piracy during the Elizabethan era. What does piracy bring to the English realm? How does Elizabeth feel about it? What affect does piracy have on England's relationship with Spain? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast any three of the following advisors to Queen Elizabeth: William Cecil, Sir Francis Walsingham, Robert Cecil, and Roger Bacon. What religion is each man and how does his religion influence his advising of the queen? Do the queen's advisors during her youth have a different relationship with her than her advisors during her later years? What advantages and disadvantages does being an advisor to the queen bring each man? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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