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

2. Who finally accepted the crown of the Netherlands?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) The Archduke Ferdinand.
(c) The Duke of Anjou.
(d) Philip of Spain.

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

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

5. To whom did Mary Queen of Scots bequeath her claim to the English throne after her death?
(a) William the Conqueror.
(b) James VI of Scotland.
(c) Henry of Bourbon.
(d) Phillip of Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was sent as Essex's replacement in Ireland?

2. Which English explorer blatantly sacked Spanish ships?

3. What church did Elizabeth lead?

4. Why couldn't Elizabeth rely as strongly on marriage proposals during this turbulent time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was involved in the Catholic plot to take Elizabeth's throne?

2. What was courtly love?

3. What was the English Enterprise?

4. Why did the Queen's Ladies wear black and white?

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

6. Why was the Tudor court nomadic?

7. Why did the Queen avoid residences from her childhood?

8. How did Elizabeth cultivate the people's love?

9. Why was Mary, finally, beheaded?

10. How was Elizabeth's health throughout her reign?

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