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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What church did Elizabeth lead?
(a) The Marxist Church.
(b) The Anglican Church.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) The Puritan Church.

2. The Treaty of Blois allied what two countries?
(a) England and Spain.
(b) France and Spain.
(c) England and France.
(d) France and Sweden.

3. What rumor persisted about Essex's secret meeting with Tyrone?
(a) Essex asked Tyrone to help him overthrow Elizabeth.
(b) Essex asked Tyrone for his sister's hand in marriage.
(c) Essex and Tyrone were involve in an illicit relationship.
(d) Essex asked Tyrone to let him win.

4. What secret arrangement did Essex make with Tyrone?
(a) He arranged a masked ball.
(b) He arranged a cease-fire.
(c) He arranged a banquet.
(d) He arranged a prisoner exchange.

5. How did Elizabeth keep up her image as she aged?
(a) She retired from public life and commissioned portraits.
(b) She took up a weekly skin care regiment.
(c) She wore elaborate costumes and makeup.
(d) She hired young look-alikes to go into public.

6. What did Elizabeth do for exercise?
(a) She went hunting.
(b) She went to the castle gym.
(c) She went jogging.
(d) She took dancing lessons.

7. Why, despite Elizabeth's competency, was England still suspicious of a female monarch?
(a) They did not like Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) They remembered the disaster that was Mary Tudor's reign.
(c) They knew Catherine de' Medici and did not like her.
(d) They were afraid of Elizabeth's power.

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

9. Did Elizabeth actually accept Anjou's proposal of marriage?
(a) Yes, but he died before they could wed.
(b) No, she refused to see him.
(c) Yes, but changed her mind two days later.
(d) No, she never even met him.

10. How was the feel of Elizabeth's court described?
(a) It felt like a school.
(b) It felt like a choir.
(c) It felt like an army.
(d) It felt like a family.

11. In what house was the Queen's most famous progress throughout the kingdom?
(a) Kenilworth.
(b) The Tower.
(c) Whitehall.
(d) Westminster.

12. What was courtly love?
(a) It was when members of the court married.
(b) It was when a male lover paid homage to an unattainable mistress.
(c) It was when members of the court wrote poetry.
(d) It was when two lovers were discovered by a member of court.

13. Why weren't there many women at Elizabeth's court?
(a) She preferred to be the center of male attention.
(b) Most women died in childbirth.
(c) The men did not bring them because they wanted to marry Elizabeth.
(d) The female courtiers did not like her and refused to go.

14. Who stage managed Elizabeth's famous speech to the troops?
(a) Burghley.
(b) Leicester.
(c) Essex.
(d) Worcester.

15. What was the result of Essex's campaign in Ireland?
(a) It brought England under Irish control.
(b) It was a complete disaster.
(c) It brought Ireland to its knees.
(d) It was a complete success.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Roberto Ridolfi?

2. What was the name of Leicester's illegitimate son?

3. Who was the leader of the pro-war anti-Spanish faction at court?

4. Who wrote The Fairie Queen?

5. Why did Anjou return to wooing Elizabeth?

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