Deck 2: Historical Figures and Events of Englands Monarchy

Question 1

…………….. published his first important work, The Shepheardes Calender in 1580.

A)edmund spenser
B)robert dudley
C)arthur lord grey
D)sir isaac newton

Answer 1

edmund spenser

Question 2

Walter Raleigh was an adventurer, courtier to…………….., navigator, author and poet.

A)elizabeth i
B)james ii
C)charles i
D)oliver cromwell

Answer 2

elizabeth i

Question 3

…………….. published his single greatest work, the 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica' ('Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy').

A)roger ascham
B)edmund spenser
C)robert dudley
D)sir isaac newton

Answer 3

sir isaac newton

Question 4

After the death of …………..her nephew James I, the succeeded to the English throne in 1603..

A)queen elizabeth i
B)charles i
C)oliver cromwell
D)henry viii

Question 5

king's supporters known as …………….

A)cavaliers
B)roundheads
C)puritans
D)huguenotes

Question 6

The Parliamentary forces known as ………………

A)roundheads
B)puritans
C)cavaliers
D)huguenotes

Question 7

The king ………………was arrested and executed in 1649 and England became a republic (Commonwealth).

A)charles i
B)charles ii
C)louis xiv
D)james i

Question 8

………………, who called himself the Lord Protector (1653-1658), behaved like a dictator.

A)william iii
B)charles ii
C)james i
D)oliver cromwell

Question 9

……………. had to flee the country when Parliament invited William of Orange and his wife Mary to take the English throne in 1688..

A)james ii
B)louis xiv
C)charles i
D)oliver cromwell

Question 10

The Line of the Stuarts stretched from ………….. to 1714 AD in England .

A)1603
B)1623
C)1632
D)1650

Question 11

……………… was the first ruler of the Stuart period.

A)charles i
B)james i
C)queen anne
D)william iii

Question 12

………..was a Scot and was considered as the 'wisest fool' in Europe.

A)queen anne
B)charles i
C)james i
D)william iii

Question 13

After a formal trial …………..was accused of treason and was executed, on January 30, 1649.

A)charles i
B)oliver cromwell
C)james i
D)elizabeth i

Question 14

John Milton wrote the epic, Paradise Lost.

A)john milton
B)john bunyan
C)ben johnson
D)dryden

Question 15

……………… wrote Pilgrim's Progress

A)john bunyan
B)john milton
C)ben johnson
D)samuel johnson

Question 16

The term "Metaphysical Poet" was first coined by the critic …………….in his book 'Life of Cowley'.

A)dryden
B)ben johnson
C)samuel johnson
D)john donne

Question 17

……………………..wrote the book 'Life of Cowley'

A)samuel johnson
B)john donne
C)george herbert

Question 18

…………….displayed his talent as a poet, publishing his first collection of poetry, Poetical Blossoms (1633), at the age of 15.

A)abraham cowley
B)geoffrey chaucer
C)edmund spenser
D)george herbert

Question 19

………………….. famous work, The Anatomy of Melancholy, appeared in 1621 under the pen name Democritus Junior.

A)robert burton's
B)henry vaughan
C)andrew marvell
D)richard crashaw

Question 20

In………, Henry landed from France, defeated and killed Richard at Bosworth Field and ascended the throne as Henry VII.

A)1485
B)1490
C)1495
D)1498

Question 21

Oliver Cromwell was determined to execute Charles I and on January 30,………….. , the king was beheaded in London.

A)1549
B)1639
C)1649
D)1749

Question 22

Monarchy in England was restored in………….

A)1560
B)1660
C)1669
D)1760

Question 23

Henry VII was the founder of the ……………….dynasty.

A)stuart
B)tudor
C)hanoverians
D)windsor

Question 24

Henry VIII was the ruler of the ……………….dynasty.

A)stuart
B)tudor
C)windsor
D)plantagenet

Question 25

Elizabeth I was the daughter of ……………….

A)james i
B)henry viii
C)charles v
D)sir thomas more