Deck 1: The Glorious Revolution and Other Historical Events

Question 1

The Glorious Revolution is the name given to a series of events that took place in the late 17th century in...................

A)england
B)france
C)america
D)holland

Answer 1

england

Question 2

Through the Restoration, ………………became the king of England.

A)charles ii
B)robert owen
C)james-i
D)james ii

Answer 2

charles ii

Question 3

………………., an avowed Catholic and believer of the Devine Right, like previous Stuart kings, came into throne in 1685.

A)james ii
B)robert owen
C)john russell
D)charles ii

Answer 3

james ii

Question 4

In………………., a revolution without bloodshed took place against James II's activities.

A)1688
B)1693
C)1694
D)1697

Question 5

The main cause behind the Glorious revolution was ………………attempt to revive Catholicism in England.

A)james ii's
B)robert owens
C)john russell's
D)charles ii's

Question 6

In 1686, ……………. founded the "Court of Ecclesiastical Commission" like previous 'High Commission Court' (cancelled in 1641) in order to punish the people, opposite to his religious doctrine.

A)james ii
B)sir isaac newton
C)elias howe
D)thomas edison

Question 7

In 1687, ……………. issued the first 'Declaration of Indulgence' suspending the penal laws against both Catholics and Dissenters.

A)james ii
B)g.m. trevelyan
C)elias howe
D)thomas edison

Question 8

William with his soldiers arrived England and when marched upon London, on 5th November, 1688, "James was deserted by the offices of his own regiment as well as by his friends and so fled to…………".

A)france
B)africa
C)america
D)holland

Question 9

Glorious Revolution of ………. marked the end of long struggle between the king and Parliament.

A)1688
B)1693
C)1694
D)1697

Question 10

the Glorious Revolution of ............ reduced the power of the king and established the supremacy of the Parliament.

A)1688
B)1693
C)1694
D)1697

Question 11

"In short, the Glorious Revolution of ............ closed the era of monarchical despotism and introduced the era of constitutionalism."

A)1688
B)1693
C)1694
D)1697

Question 12

................ is often regarded as the founder of a school of thought known as British Empiricism.

A)robert owen
B)elias howe
C)thomas edison
D)john locke

Question 13

...............most important work is 'the Essay Concerning Human Understanding',

A)elias howe's
B)john locke's
C)thomas edison's
D)robert owen's

Question 14

Locke's Two Treatises of Government was published in 1689.

A)john locke's
B)william
C)robert filmer
D)thomas edison

Question 15

The Hanoverian succession came about as a result of the Act of Settlement ................, passed by the Parliament of England.

A)1601
B)1654
C)1678
D)1701

Question 16

After the death of Queen Anne, ....................became the ruler of England.

A)sophia
B)george i
C)james vi
D)elizabeth

Question 17

In ............... the Second Continental Congress declared the independence of the United States from Great Britain.

A)1776
B)1779
C)1789
D)1785

Question 18

The first shot fired in the American Revolution was on April 19, ...........and is called the "shot heard round the world".

A)1765
B)1768
C)1772
D)1775

Question 19

George Washington was the first President....................

A)france
B)usa
C)russia
D)portugal

Question 20

Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, ..............on January 29, 1737.

A)england
B)usa
C)russia
D)portugal

Question 21

Thomas Paine met an American named ............... in London who told him he should move to America.

A)elias howe
B)richard price
C)benjamin franklin
D)thomas edison

Question 22

Thomas Paine got his first job in .............as the editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine.

A)russia
B)england
C)america
D)portugal

Question 23

The neoclassical period ended in 1798 when ...............published the Romantic 'Lyrical Ballads'.

A)edmund cartwright
B)richard price
C)wordsworth
D)elias howe

Question 24

The ..................Age (1660-1700) introducing the comedy of manner (a play about the manners and conventions of a highly sophisticated aristocratic society.)

A)restoration
B)augustan
C)tudor
D)stuart

Question 25

The ...............(1700-1750) introducing poetry of personal exploration, and serious development of the novel, melodrama, and satire.

A)tudor
B)restoration
C)augustan age
D)stuart