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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Elizabeth take her meals?
(a) She ate with her ladies in waiting.
(b) In huge banquet halls: she hated eating alone.
(c) Privately; she disliked eating in public.
(d) She only ate with the Earl of Leicester.

2. What did Puritans desire from Elizabeth?
(a) Political office.
(b) Ex patriotism.
(c) Money.
(d) Freedom of religion.

3. What was perhaps the most serious marriage consideration of Elizabeth's life?
(a) Phillip II.
(b) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) Henry III.
(d) The Duke of Anjou.

4. To whom did Elizabeth claim she was married?
(a) She was married to Leicester.
(b) She was married to Anjou.
(c) She was married to her people.
(d) She was married to James VI.

5. What did Elizabeth think was an essential part of a stable state?
(a) Financial dependence.
(b) Uniformity of religion.
(c) Uniformity of dress.
(d) War on other neighboring countries.

6. What was Elizabeth's nickname for the person in #129?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Frog.
(d) Eyes.

7. How many dresses did Elizabeth own?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Four.

8. What happened to those who had been knighted by Essex?
(a) The Queen stripped them of their titles.
(b) The Queen beheaded them.
(c) The Queen held a great banquet in their honor.
(d) They were obliged to leave England.

9. In her portraits, Elizabeth wanted the myth of the Virgin Queen to take precedence over what?
(a) Color.
(b) Abstracts.
(c) Realism.
(d) Impressionism.

10. Who was assisting Mary Queen of Scots in a bid for the English throne?
(a) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(b) Philip of Spain.
(c) Erik of Sweden.
(d) Rob Roy of Ireland.

11. Upon his return to England, how did Essex greatly offend the Queen?
(a) He burst into her dressing chamber.
(b) He challenged her in public.
(c) He completely ignored her.
(d) He married her lady in waiting.

12. What was the Queen's favorite household?
(a) The Tower of London.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) Whitehall.
(d) Nonsuch in Surrey.

13. What right did the Queen have in regard to her ladies in waiting?
(a) She had the right to demand they dance.
(b) She had the right to execute them at will.
(c) She had the right to approve their marriages.
(d) She had the right to send them to France.

14. What did all of Essex's coup supporters have in common?
(a) They were all Spanish.
(b) They were all committed to the Tower.
(c) They were all short of money.
(d) They were all Catholic.

15. Who was the leader of the pro-war anti-Spanish faction at court?
(a) Lopez.
(b) Cecil.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Essex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why weren't there many women at Elizabeth's court?

2. How many progresses did Elizabeth go on during her reign?

3. Why did Elizabeth make a trip to the Tower before her coronation?

4. Why was Sir Walter Raleigh unpopular at court?

5. What natural occurrence aided the English ships in the defeat of the Armada?

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