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6. In what year did he become a privy councillor?

  • 1594
  • 1593
  • 1591
  • 1592
  • 1590

7. Why did he begin to lose the Queen's favour?

  • He said "her conditions are as crooked as her carcass"
  • He got married without her permission.
  • He joined Francis Drake
  • He joined the privy council.

8. Why else did he lose her favour?

  • He didn't defeat French rebels, instead he made peace with them.
  • He didn't defeat Irish rebels, instead he made peace with them.
  • He didn't defeat Spanish rebels, instead he made peace with them.

9. The Earl of Essex was banned from court.

  • True
  • False

10. The Earl of Essex was in a lot of debt.

  • True
  • False

11. In 1600 Elizabeth renewed his monopoly on the import of wine.

  • False
  • True

12. How many supporters did he gathered for his rebellion?

  • 250
  • 100
  • 300
  • 200
  • 150

13. What was his aim?

  • To get Elizabeth to remove Francis Walsingham from court.
  • To get Elizabeth to remove Robert Cecil from court.
  • To get Elizabeth to remove William Cecil from court.

14. How many privy councillors did he arrest when they came to his house?

  • 8
  • 4
  • 6
  • 2

15. When he rode to London, Londoners were quick to support him.

  • False
  • True

16. He decided to return home when supporters left him, why couldn't he get home?

  • He was shot.
  • The gates in the city wall had been closed.
  • He was captured.

17. How did he manage to return home?

  • By boat.
  • By car.
  • By horse.
  • By carriage.

18. The privy councillors had escaped.

  • True
  • False

19. How long did the rebellion last before he surrendered?

  • 12 hours.
  • 3 hours.
  • 48 hours.
  • 6 hours.
  • 24 hours.

20. When was he executed?

  • 1st March 1601.
  • 25th February 1601.
  • 27th February 1601.
  • 3rd March 1601.