Starter quiz
- What does 'succession' mean?
- To succeed at something, such as scoring high on a test.
- To become king or queen by defeating a rival in battle.
- Growth in the economy, such as many people in a country becoming richer.
- The process of inheriting a title, such as becoming a king or queen. ✓
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- What was the name of Elizabeth's suitor who was also her childhood friend?
- 'Robert Dudley' ✓
- Which of Elizabeth's suitors had previously been married to her sister, Mary I?
- Robert Devereux
- Robert Dudley
- Philip II ✓
- William of Orange
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- Which of these was used as propaganda by Elizabeth?
- poems
- portraits ✓
- posters
- public executions
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- What was the normal expectation for a royal woman during Elizabeth's time period?
- to rule alongside her husband, the king, as an equal
- to offer advice to the king as his main advisor
- to organise festivals and charity events
- to have children and continue the family name ✓
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- Why was it considered a problem that Elizabeth never had a child?
- there was no one to look after her when she got older
- there was no obvious person to rule after her when she died ✓
- no one else wanted to be the ruler of England after she died
- it meant that England would have been ruled by Spain again
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