Elizabeth I TestElizabeth I TestNumber 1

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1. What were the dates of the reign of Elizabeth I?

1558to1603

2. How old was she when she became Queen?

25

3. Who was her chief minister?Sir William Cecil

4.Why were Protestants especially strong supporters of Elizabeth?

Had replaced Mary

5.Two ways in which her mixed religion pleased Protestants?

Priests could marryPrayer Book in EnglishBroke with Rome

7.Name of the law by which England broke away from Rome again?

Act of Supremacy

6.Why was she unable to keep as many Catholic beliefs in the Prayer Book as she wanted?

Parliament prevented her

8. What title did Elizabeth have instead of Supreme Head of the Church?

(Supreme) Governor

9. Why did she think taking this title would please the Catholics?

They believed only Pope could be Head of the Church

10.Why did taking this title fail to please the Catholics?

They said Head and Governor meant the same thing.

11. Name of the law which laid down fines for not attending Sunday services of the new religion?

Act of Uniformity

12.What was the fine?One shilling

13. Two reasons why many Catholics did not mind these fines too much.

Not too much moneyOften not collected

14. What was the punishment for people who held Catholic services in their own homes?

Nothing

15. How many articles of religious belief were laid down for people to follow?

39

16. Elizabeth said that she did not want to “make ----- ----- ----- -----.” This tells us that she did not mind too much what people’s religious beliefs were.

WindowsIntoPeople’s Souls

17 and 18. What were the TWO names by which Elizabeth’s mixed religion were known?

Church of EnglandAnglican

19. What name was given to the extreme Protestants who objected to this new religion because it contained a few traces of Catholic ideas?

Puritans

20. Why did Philip of Spain propose marriage to Elizabeth

Could influence her to make England Catholic

21. Why did Elizabeth refuse to marry him?

Knew he wanted to control the country and force Catholic religion on England

ORshe remembered how unpopular Mary’s

marriage with Philip had been.

22. Name one country from which a Prince wanted to marry Elizabeth.

AustriaFranceSweden

23. Why did Elizabeth not want to marry any of them?

Not want the risk of coming under foreign domination

24. Why did she never actually refuse any of them?

Their countries would stay at peace while they hoped for marriage.

25. Full name of the one man Elizabeth may have been in love with.

Robert Dudley

26. What was the name of his wife?Amy

27. What did the inquest say had happened to her when she was found dead at the foot of the stairs?

Accident

28. Why did Elizabeth say they could not marry, even though his wife was dead?

29. At the moment, if Elizabeth died, who was the heir to the throne?

Mary, Queen of Scots

30. Why did Parliament not want her on the throne?

Catholicconnected with France