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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. How did Elizabeth stave off the dangers from Catholics abroad?
(a) She paid Spain large amounts of gold to protect England.
(b) She renewed marriage negotiations for protection.
(c) She moved everyone to Ireland.
(d) She declared war on the Catholics.

2. Which monarch ordered the most religion-related executions during his/her reign?
(a) Edward VI.
(b) Mary, Queen of Scots.
(c) Mary I.
(d) Elizabeth I.

3. What reason did the Queen give in her refusal of Erik of Sweden?
(a) She was offended that he did not speak English.
(b) She had only weeks to live because of illness.
(c) She promised herself to Robert Dudley.
(d) She was disinclined to marry, especially someone who would be absent from the country.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Catherine de'Medici propose the Queen marry in 1565?

2. Why did Elizabeth feel competitive toward Mary Queen of Scots?

3. How long did Elizabeth reign?

4. How long were Amy Dudley and Robert Dudley married?

5. Why was Norfolk committed to the Tower?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Catherine de' Medici suggest the Queen marry in 1565?

2. What factors played into the death of Amy Dudley?

3. Why did Elizabeth I decide to stress English nationalism?

4. Why was Elizabeth so sensitive about the succession?

5. How did Lord Darnley die?

6. What was the strategy in Elizabeth's keeping so many suitors interested?

7. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?

8. What is one example in Chapter 4 of the Queen using her single status to protect the interests of her kingdom?

9. What were some of the reasons that the Queen reveled in her relationship with Robert Dudley?

10. What is Alison Weir's point of view on the reign of Elizabeth I?

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