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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 did the Dudley conspiracy seek to do?
(a) Kill Philip and place Elizabeth on the throne.
(b) Overthrow Mary and place Elizabeth on the throne.
(c) Overthrow Mary and help Elizabeth escape.
(d) Kill Philip and help Elizabeth escape.

2. How did Mary feel about her husband Philip of Spain, according to Weir?
(a) She was infatuated.
(b) She was indolent.
(c) She was irked.
(d) She was indifferent.

3. What false announcement regarding the birth of Mary's child was given in April of 1555?
(a) That she had given birth to a princess.
(b) That she had given birth to identical twins.
(c) That she had given birth to a prince.
(d) That she had given birth to fraternal twins.

4. How old was Mary when she had her first physical relationship with a man?
(a) 17.
(b) 27.
(c) 37.
(d) 47.

5. When Mary did not deliver by the end of May, what did she believe?
(a) God was punishing her for failing to adequately provide for the poor.
(b) God was punishing her for failing to marry when she was a young woman.
(c) God was punishing her for failing to provide clemency to heretics.
(d) God was punishing her for failing to sufficiently punish heresy.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, was executed on what date?

2. After Philip left to help Charles V in his wars, what did Elizabeth do in order NOT to incite Mary's anger?

3. Why did Philip of Spain intend to stay in England only one week?

4. What did Queen Mary vow to do after the rebellion was stopped in London?

5. Why did the harvest of 1555 fail where the people blamed Queen Mary for their misfortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the English people respond to Mary's marriage to Philip?

2. What rumors circulated about Mary's pregnancy, and what claim does Weir make about her condition?

3. Discuss Elizabeth's confinement in the Tower and what it revealed about her character?

4. How did Mary want to deal with Elizabeth regarding Wyatt's rebellion, and why is it significant?

5. How did Elizabeth respond to being recalled to Whitehall by her sister, and why is it significant?

6. What was Philip's behavior and feeling toward Mary, and why is it significant?

7. What choice did Mary make after Philip was excommunicated?

8. Why did Mary retract Jane Grey's privileges at the Tower, and under what condition did she offer her a reprieve?

9. Describe the relationship between Philip and Elizabeth at Hampton Court, and why was it significant?

10. Why did Parliament repeal the Act of Supremacy, passed under Henry VIII, and who returned to England following its repeal?

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