1. Australia
   England
2. Spain

Elizabeth I was the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. Her lengthy reign is often regarded as a time of relative peace and prosperity.

1. Cutthroat Eliza
   Virgin Queen
2. The Deathbringer

Elizabeth I never took a husband. She was "The Virgin Queen," renowned for her virtue.

1. Cleopatra
   Joan of Arc
2. Anne Boleyn

Elizabeth was born to Anne Boleyn, the second wife of the tempermental Henry VIII. Henry had Anne executed during his chaotic reign.

1. Elizabeth was a witch.
   Elizabeth stole her scepter.
2. Elizabeth supported Protestants.

Mary I took the throne and had Elizabeth thrown in prison. Why? Mary was Roman Catholic ... and suspected Elizabeth of supporting Protestant dissidents.

1. 15
   25
2. 63

Elizabeth was 25 years old when she rose to the throne. She leaned on her advisors for many of her earliest decisions.

1. She hatched an assassination plot.
   She established the English Protestant Church.
2. She doubled the size of the military.

Elizabeth will always be noted for her links to Protestanism. She almost immediately established the English Protestant Church.

1. She ordered people around left and right.
   She was moderate and deliberate.
2. She was a tyrant.

Elizabeth a was a deliberate monarch, one who took her time with important decisions. And she was far more conservative than her half-crazed father, Henry VIII.

1. seriousness
   stupidity
2. a weird honking laugh

After losing her mother to beheading as a toddler, Elizabeth was a reserved child. At a young age she was noted for her seriousness ... and her precocious nature.

1. Libya
   Iceland
2. Spain

In 1588, Spain, a frequent rival of the English, sent a huge fleet of ships to defeat Elizabeth. The English won out against all odds ... and Elizabeth was deemed a hero.

1. true
2. false

In spite of her "Virgin" label, Elizabeth did flirt with numerous relationships during her lifetime. But those courtships never culminated in marriage.

1. She had grade school knowledge.
   She was barely literate.
2. She was highly educated and intelligent.

Elizabeth had private tutors in her formative years. She was fluent in at least four languages and understood at least four more.

1. It remained a backwater.
   It became a major European power.
2. It declined a lot.

Elizabeth’s leadership pushed England to a starring role on the stage of European politics. The Elizabethean Age was a good one, indeed.

1. She despised men.
   She thought marriage was an outdated concept.
2. perhaps for political reasons

No one really knows why the queen never married. But it’s very like that political considerations played into her decision making.

1. He was exiled.
   He impregnated Elizabeth.
2. He was beheaded.

Thomas Seymour was the creepy old guy who showered young Elizabeth with far too much affection. Other leaders supected him of plotting to take the throne for himself ... and so had him beheaded.

1. with outright hatred
   with affection
2. with cruelty

Henry had a temper and could treat his opponents with extreme cruelty. But with all of his children he was seemingly a relatively nice and affectionate father.

1. She was very conservative.
   She attacked multiple countries at the same time.
2. She refused to even engage with other leaders.

Elizabeth approached foreign affairs with the same kind of caution she exhibited throughout her reign. She was especially careful with regard to Spain and France.

1. true
2. false

Many monarchs of the age were simply figureheads. Not Elizabeth. Not only was she a dazzling spectacle of royal splendor, she really was a shrewd and active politician.

1. “Cross me and I’ll have your tongue."
   “I see but say nothing."
2. “I’ll love tacos forever."

Thoughtful and calculated, Elizabeth lived her life by certain principles, such as "video et taceo." That means, "I see but say nothing."

1. They were jubilant.
   They were disgusted.
2. They hardly noticed.

After the oppressively Catholic leadership of Mary I, the English were thrilled at Elizabeth — an ally of the Reformation — taking the throne.

1. small and weak
   moderate-sized
2. huge and powerful

When Elizabeth took the throne, the country’s military was small and weak. That fact meant that the queen had to be an exceptionally wise diplomat.

1. She contracted smallpox.
   She had an unplanned pregnancy.
2. She was imprisoned.

In 1562, the queen came down with smallpox and nearly died. She had no husband or heir ... facts that caused political strife following her recovery.

1. a royal council
   Parliament
2. Elizabeth

Many queens (and kings) of the era didn’t really have power to make big decisions. Not so with Elizabeth — she listened to her advisors, but ultimately she called the shots.

1. She was always deeply in love.
   She used the men for their money.
2. She used them as political tools.

Elizabeth’s courtships caused a tizzy throughout the country because of their implications for the succession of power. The queen leveraged these bouts of national excitement to play her political rivals against one another.

1. 12 years
   44 years
2. 72 years

In a time when other monarchs were deposed across the lands, Elizabeth held on to her crown. She was queen for an amazing 44 years.

1. completely impassive
   manipulative
2. hateful

She was Henry VIII’s daughter, all right. One moment she’d be engaging and funny, the next, cool and unmoved. Elizabeth was a master manipulator.

1. She was very awkward.
   She was an excellent public speaker.
2. She almost never appeared in public.

Elizabeth had full command of public situations. She was a fabulous public speaker and even spoke directly to troops heading into combat, all the better to whip them up for a fight.

1. Her love of material wealth.
   Her virginity.
2. Her ruthlessness.

In a time when royal marriages were part of political manueuvering, Elizabeth was famous for her virginity. That aspect of her life became exalted as virtue and inspired a cult-like devotion from some followers.

1. She bought a startling number of gems.
   She was very frugal.
2. She spent money like there was no tomorrow.

Elizabeth was fiscally conservative. But she did grow the size of her navy fleet to better protect against enemy ships.

1. Mary I
   James IV
2. Donald II

In 1603, Elizabeth’s long reign finally came to an end. Her successor? James IV of Scotland, a man whose mother died at Elizabeth’s command.

1. cremated and scattered at sea
   Westminster Abbey
2. the English countryside

Like other English royalty, Elizabeth had a major funeral procession. She was interred at Westminster Abbey.