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

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

3. Why did the Queen have difficulty understanding when her ladies wanted to marry?
(a) She wanted them to commit their lives to God.
(b) She loved her ladies and was offended they wanted to leave.
(c) She wanted them to revel in their virginity.
(d) She hated men and did not understand why they would want one.

4. What natural occurrence aided the English ships in the defeat of the Armada?
(a) An iceberg.
(b) A cyclone.
(c) An underground volcano.
(d) A change in the wind.

5. What title did Elizabeth create for William Cecil on February 25, 1571?
(a) The Baron Sussex.
(b) The Baron Burghley.
(c) The Earl of Leicester.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Leicester secretly marry?

3. Who wrote The Fairie Queen?

4. In what house was the Queen's most famous progress throughout the kingdom?

5. Who became Elizabeth's new Master of Horse and favorite?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

2. Why was Mary, finally, beheaded?

3. Why were the English people prejudiced against female monarchs?

4. What was courtly love?

5. What was the most serious courtship of Elizabeth's reign?

6. Why did Essex's coup fail?

7. Why may Leicester have married Lettice Knollys?

8. What were the results of Essex's Ireland campaign?

9. What Protestant country wanted Elizabeth to be its Queen as well?

10. Why was Elizabeth conflicted about punishing Mary?

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