This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Elizabethan Period > Elizabethan Period – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Elizabethan Period Quiz 1 (20 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) 1500. B) 1588. C) 1600. D) 1575. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1588. 4. Who was the first Tudor King? A) Henry VIII. B) Henry VII. C) George III. D) James I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry VII. 5. What was Elizabeth's close circle of advisers called? A) The Star Chamber. B) Parliament. C) The Privy Council. D) The Cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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 Protestant Poem. B) A Petrarchan Sonnet. C) An extended metaphor. D) A pastoral poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pastoral poem. 8. Which of the following was Elizabeth known as? A) Unintelligent. B) Rude. C) Stingy. D) Fanatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stingy. 9. What religion was Mary I? A) Catholic. B) Anglican. C) Episcopalian. D) Presbyterian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Property. B) Wealth. C) Lineage. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Love. 11. Who was the father of the Mary I A) Henry VI. B) William. C) George III. 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) Edward VI. B) Richard III. C) George III. 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 Order of Life. B) The Great Chain of Being. C) The Great System of Shakespeare. D) The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Chain of Being. 14. What was Elizabeth's nickname for Sir Walter Raleigh? A) Waldimor. B) Water. C) William. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Victoria. C) Anne. D) Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth I. 17. Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth? A) Philology. B) Alchemy. C) Zoology. D) Astrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astrology. 18. Which of the following was the Tower of London used for in the Elizabethan age? A) As an astronomical observation deck. B) As a storage place for grain. C) As a prison. D) As a school for the royal children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a prison. 19. Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth? A) Pope Pius V. B) Pope Innocent III. C) Pope Gregory XIII. D) Pope Boniface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pope Pius V. 20. Who succeeded Elizabeth I? A) Mary Queen of Scots. B) Charles I. C) James I. D) Edward VI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James I. Next →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesElizabethan Period Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books