Elizabeth I exam questions

Question 1

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in Extracts 2,3 and 4 are in relation to the nature of Tudor rule in the years 1541 to 1563.

(Chapter 17, pages 172,173)

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Question 2

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in Extracts 2,3 and 4 are in relation to the impact of the Elizabethan religious settlement.

(Chapter 18, pages 179,180)

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Question 3

Is it fair to describe English government in the years 1540 to 1562 as ‘consistently weak’?

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Question 4

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in Extracts 1,3 and 4 are in relation to Elizabethan government.

(Chapter 19, pages 183,188,189)

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Question 5

‘Elizabethan government had more weaknesses than strengths in the years 1558 to 1588.’ Assess the validity of this view.

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Question 6

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in Extracts 2,3 and 4 are in relation to Elizabethan foreign policy.

(Chapter 20, pages 204,205)

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Question 7

‘Elizabeth I’s policy towards Spain was alwyas weak and unconvincing.’ Assess the validity of this view with reference to the years 1568 to 1603.

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Question 8

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in Extracts 2,3 and 4 are in relation to poor relief in Elizabethan England.

(Chapter 21, pages 209)

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Question 9

To what extent did the plots and rebellions faced by the Crown during the reign of Elizabeth pose a real threat to the stability of the Elizabethan State?

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Question 10

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in Extracts 2,3 and 4 are in relation to Elizabethan society and the economy.

(Chapter 22, pages 221,222)

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Question 11

Is it true to say that by 1603 England was economically and socially more diverse than it had been at the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign in 1558?

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Question 12

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to the condition of the Church of England during the reign of Elizabeth I.

(Chapter 23, pages 231,232)

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Question 13

‘The challenge posed to the Elizabethan Crown by Catholicism was never as strong as Elizabeth I and her ministers believed.’ Assess the validity of this claim.

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Question 14

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in Extracts 1,2 and 3 are in relation to Elizabeth I.

(Chapter 24, pages 237,240,241)

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Question 15

‘By 1603 it was clear that the English people had benefited little in social and economic terms from the rule of Elizabeth I.’ Assess the validity of this view.

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