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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. When was Elizabeth officially excommunicated from the Catholic Church?
(a) February 25, 1550.
(b) February 25, 1580.
(c) February 25, 1560.
(d) February 25, 1570.

2. Who was the Earl of Bothwell?
(a) He was one of Darnley's best friends and trusted council members.
(b) He kidnapped and wed Elizabeth, formerly the Virgin Queen.
(c) He kidnapped and wed Mary and allegedly organized Darnley's murder.
(d) He was the most powerful Earl in France.

3. What item(s) were discovered that incriminated Mary in Darnley's murder?
(a) The Casket Letters.
(b) A record of her conversation with the murderer.
(c) The Estate Receipts.
(d) A fingerprint on his neck.

4. How did Amy Dudley's life end?
(a) She fell down the stairs of her home and broke her neck.
(b) She drowned after a shipwreck.
(c) She contracted the sweating sickness.
(d) She was killed by a vagrant with a sword.

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 not swim and was deathly afraid of water.
(c) She could gain support for European Catholics who wanted her to take the English throne.
(d) There was a contract taken out on her life by Scotland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Elizabeth stave off the dangers from Catholics abroad?

2. In Chapter 4, who was the Queen's favorite person at court?

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

4. What, the author theorizes, may have been part of Robin's allure for the Queen?

5. Who did Mary Queen of Scots actually want to wed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Elizabeth cautious about her religion during the reign of Mary I?

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

5. Who was Henry, Duke of Anjou?

6. How did Amy Dudley's death affect her husband, Robert?

7. How did Elizabeth's policies toward her people's religion differ from Mary's?

8. How could Elizabeth's childhood have played into her adult refusals to marry?

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

10. According to the author, did the Queen have a physical relationship with Robert Dudley? Why or why not?

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