Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Monarchy in England was restored in………….

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

John Milton wrote the epic, Paradise Lost.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

king's supporters known as …………….

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 2: Historical Figures and Events of Englands Monarchy

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

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