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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots related?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were sisters.
(c) They were in-laws.
(d) They were third cousins twice removed.

2. Who publicly accused Dudley of interfering in state business?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Roger Ascham.
(c) Mary of Guise.
(d) Norfolk.

3. Who does Elizabeth I succeed?
(a) Lady Jane Grey, her cousin.
(b) Katharine of Aragon, her stepmother.
(c) Mary Queen of Scots, her aunt.
(d) Mary I, her sister.

4. How was Lady Jane Grey related to Elizabeth?
(a) She was her cousin.
(b) She was her mother.
(c) She was her aunt.
(d) She was her sister.

5. Why did the Queen need heirs?
(a) She needed heirs to fight any pretenders to her throne.
(b) She needed heirs because Cecil wanted her to have them.
(c) She needed heirs because she was lonely.
(d) She needed heirs because France had heirs.

6. How did Elizabeth officially feel about Mary Queen of Scots' marriage?
(a) Officially, she was happy.
(b) Officially, she was indifferent.
(c) Officially, she was furious.
(d) Officially, she was distraught.

7. Why was it dangerous for Mary to go abroad?
(a) She was not well constituted to travel and was constantly ill.
(b) She could not swim and was deathly afraid of water.
(c) There was a contract taken out on her life by Scotland.
(d) She could gain support for European Catholics who wanted her to take the English throne.

8. What was Elizabeth's nickname for Robert Dudley when he was Master of Horse?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Pony.
(c) Ed.
(d) Spirit.

9. In what year did Henry VIII die?
(a) 1747.
(b) 1447.
(c) 1547.
(d) 1647.

10. What was the nickname of Mary I?
(a) The Queen of Scots.
(b) The Virgin Queen.
(c) Bloody Mary.
(d) Maggie.

11. Why did Elizabeth renew her marriage negotiations with Erik of Sweden?
(a) He sent her a beautiful gift that completely enchanted her.
(b) She missed his letters and his company.
(c) She did not want him to transfer his proposal to Mary Queen of Scots.
(d) He finally learned English.

12. Why did Elizabeth want Mary restored to the throne of Scotland?
(a) It was dangerous for Elizabeth for an anointed sovereign to be disposed.
(b) She needed Lord Darnley on her council.
(c) She hated Mary and did not want her in England.
(d) She had her heart set on Mary wedding Leicester.

13. Who did Catherine de'Medici propose the Queen marry in 1565?
(a) Francis II.
(b) Erik of Sweden.
(c) Henry II.
(d) Charles IX.

14. Why may Cecil have killed Amy Dudley?
(a) He may have killed her because she was too politically powerful.
(b) He may have killed her because he was jealous of Dudley.
(c) He may have killed her to protect England.
(d) He may have killed her because he was psychotic.

15. Who, in a play for political power, may have been behind Amy Dudley's death?
(a) William Cecil.
(b) Norfolk.
(c) Throckmorton.
(d) De Quadra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mary Queen of Scots' main condition if she were to marry Leicester?

2. What reason did the Queen give in her refusal of Erik of Sweden?

3. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?

4. What member of Mary Queen of Scots' entourage did Lord Darnley have killed?

5. How did the Queen's court, in general, feel about Robert Dudley?

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