WorksheetsMiddle ages and Medieval Literature
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year marks the start of the Middle Ages in England?
a)
1111
b)
1066
c)
1314
d)
1050
2.
Who was crowned King when Edward the Confessor (King Edward) died?
a)
William the Conqueror
b)
Henry II
c)
Edward II
d)
Harold Godwinson
3.
What was the name of the 1066 battle for the crown of England?
a)
Battle of Hastings
b)
Battle of Battle
c)
100 years war
d)
War of the Roses
4.
How did King Harold of England die?
a)
He was shot with a cannon
b)
He drowned
c)
He was shot in the eye with an arrow
d)
He was killed by his own troops
5.
What is the Domesday Book?
a)
A record of all the Kings of England
b)
A record of all property in England, allowing people to be taxed on what they own
c)
A list of arranged marriages throughout England
d)
A journal of war
6.
What is the name of the new social structure that replaced the Anglo-Saxon social structure?
a)
Feudalism
b)
Forestry
c)
Caste System
d)
Heirarchy
7.
Who was at the top of the Feudal pyramid?
a)
God
b)
The Pope
c)
The nobility
d)
The King
8.
Who served under the nobility, providing them with protection and military service?
a)
Priests
b)
Knights
c)
Vassals
d)
Serfs
9.
What is the basic concept behind feudalism?
a)
It's a hierarchy system in which land is given for services such as protection and farming
b)
It's a hierarchy system in which land is given based on class for money
c)
It's a system of government in which the King allocates land to the nobility in return for parliamentary votes
d)
It's an exchange of land for cash
10.
Who is on the bottom of the Feudal pyramid?
a)
Serfs
b)
Vassals
c)
Squires
d)
Pages
11.
What is Chivalry?
a)
A love between a knight and a woman of higher social standing
b)
A code of laws requiring knights to protect the King in return for land
c)
A code of laws for duels and battles
d)
A social system outlines rules of manners and etiquette
12.
What are the steps to becoming a knight?
a)
Squire, Page, Body Squire, Knight
b)
Page, Squire, Body Squire, Knight
c)
Serf, Vassal, Squire, Knight
d)
Page, Squire, Vassal, Knight
13.
Which of these is NOT one of the rules of Chivalry?
a)
Respect Women
b)
Protect the Weak and Defenseless
c)
If you must take a life, do so quickly and painlessly
d)
Never charge an unhorsed opponent
14.
What Church ruled the daily lives of Feudal England?
a)
The Roman Catholic Church
b)
The Greek Orthodox Church
c)
The Protestant Church
d)
The Church of England
15.
Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in his own cathedral?
a)
Thomas Beckett
b)
Father William of Normandy
c)
Ignatius III
d)
Edward the Confessor
16.
The Magna Carta is a document giving rights to what social group?
a)
Women
b)
Vassals
c)
Knights
d)
Nobility
17.
Who fought the Hundred Years War?
a)
England and Norway
b)
England and France
c)
The Normans and the Anglo-Saxons
d)
The Geats and the Danes
18.
Which is NOT a strain of the Black Death?
a)
Bubonic Plague
b)
Pneumonic Plague
c)
Meningeal Plague
d)
Septicemic Plague
19.
How many people died as a result of the Black Plague (in total).
a)
1 million
b)
5 million
c)
45 million
d)
75 million
20.
Which two houses were fighting over the crown of England during the War of the Roses
a)
Lancaster/York
b)
Tudor/Lancaster
c)
York/Tudor
d)
Normans/Saxons
21.
Who was the first Tudor King of England?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Edward III
c)
Henry II
d)
Harold I
22.
What form of literature was born from the codes of chivalry and courtly love?
a)
Rom-Com
b)
Romance
c)
Theologie
d)
The Arthur Stories
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