This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Elizabethan Period > Elizabethan Period – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elizabethan Period Quiz 1 (32 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in magical animals, and sought good luck charms. What "science" did they utilize in trying to predict and control the future? A) Alchemy. B) Metallurgy. C) Geocentricity. D) Astrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astrology. 2. Which country believed it had an "Invincible Armada" before 1588? A) France. B) England. C) Spain. D) The Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 3. In what year did England and Spain fight a famous sea battle? A) 1588. B) 1500. C) 1600. D) 1575. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1588. 4. Who was the first Tudor King? A) Henry VII. B) James I. C) George III. D) Henry VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry VII. 5. What was Elizabeth's close circle of advisers called? A) Parliament. B) The Cabinet. C) The Star Chamber. D) The Privy Council. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Privy Council. 6. What church did Elizabeth I establish or re-establish by law in England during her reign? A) The Anglican Church. B) The Roman Catholic Church. C) Calvinism. D) The Lutheran Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Anglican Church. 7. A poem that deals in an idealized way with Shepherds and rustic life is known as: A) A pastoral poem. B) An extended metaphor. C) A Protestant Poem. D) A Petrarchan Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A pastoral poem. 8. Which of the following was Elizabeth known as? A) Unintelligent. B) Stingy. C) Rude. D) Fanatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stingy. 9. What religion was Mary I? A) Episcopalian. B) Anglican. C) Presbyterian. D) Catholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catholic. 10. Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Betrothals were often arranged by parents, especially for the high-class. What criterion was considered the least important in deciding upon a suitable match? A) Wealth. B) Lineage. C) Love. D) Property. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 11. Who was the father of the Mary I A) George III. B) Henry VI. C) William. D) Henry VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry VIII. 12. Which English king had several of his wives killed in his obsessive quest for a male heir? A) George III. B) Richard III. C) Edward VI. D) Henry VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry VIII. 13. The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as: A) The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker. B) The Great System of Shakespeare. C) The Great Order of Life. D) The Great Chain of Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Chain of Being. 14. What was Elizabeth's nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh? A) Winter. B) Waldimor. C) William. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 15. What was the nickname of Mary I? A) Bloody Mary. B) Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. C) Mary, Queen of Scots. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bloody Mary. 16. Who was the sister of Mary I? A) Isabella. B) Elizabeth I. C) Victoria. D) Anne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabeth I. 17. Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth? A) Zoology. B) Alchemy. C) Astrology. D) Philology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astrology. 18. Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age? A) As a school for the royal children. B) As an astronomical observation deck. C) As a storage place for grain. D) As a prison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a prison. 19. Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth? A) Pope Gregory XIII. B) Pope Pius V. C) Pope Innocent III. D) Pope Boniface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pope Pius V. 20. Who succeeded Elizabeth I? A) Charles I. B) Mary Queen of Scots. C) James I. D) Edward VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James I. 21. What type of non-rhymed poetry did Christopher Marlowe pioneer? A) Trochaic Heptameter. B) The sonnet. C) Blank verse. D) Free-flow verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank verse. 22. Elizabeth's reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned? A) 40. B) 45. C) 35. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 45. 23. The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as: A) The Protestant Restoration. B) The Protestant Resolution. C) The Protestant Reformation. D) The Protestant Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Protestant Reformation. 24. What religion was Mary Queen of Scots? A) Episcopalian. B) Presbyterian. C) Catholic. D) Lutheran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catholic. 25. Which work did Edmund Spenser author? A) The Faerie Queene. B) The Double. C) The Metamorphoses. D) The Castle of Perseverance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Faerie Queene. 26. Which of the following is a ceremony in which a sovereign is officially crowned? A) Gala. B) Investiture. C) Coronation. D) Invocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coronation. 27. Which language did young Elizabeth learn in secret? A) French. B) Welsh. C) Esperanto. D) Gaelic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Welsh. 28. What was a favorite entertainment in Elizabeth's court? A) Gambling. B) Jousting. C) Swimming. D) Backgammon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jousting. 29. Who was Edmund Spenser's patron? A) Lord Burleigh. B) Elizabeth. C) Francis Bacon. D) The Earl of Leicester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Earl of Leicester. 30. Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family? A) Tudor. B) Windsor. C) Stuart. D) Plantagenet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tudor. 31. What is the name for a shift in tone or meaning of a sonnet A) Octave. B) Volta. C) Petrarchan. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volta. 32. What are the beginning and ending dates of the Elizabethan era? A) 1500-1520. B) 1558-1603. C) 1575-1600. D) 1560-1570. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1558-1603. Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesEnglish Literature Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books