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Samuel Pepys

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Samuel's surname?

a)

Pepper

b)

Pardon

c)

Pepys

d)

Peppy

2.

Why is Samuel Pepys famous?

a)

For singing

b)

For writing a book

c)

For keeping a diary

d)

For inventing the IPad

3.

What year did the Great Fire of London happen?

(a)  

4.

How many brothers and sisters did Samuel have?

a)

6

b)

11

c)

8

d)

10

5.

What was the name of Samuel's wife?

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Catherine

c)

Mary

d)

Jane

6.

How did Samuel make sure that nobody could read his diary?

a)

He hid it in a special place

b)

He wrote in special code

c)

He carried it around with him

d)

He used a lock and key

7.

What was the name of the lane where the fire started?

(a)  

8.

What were most of the houses made of in London in 1666?

(a)  

9.

What did Samuel tell the king?

a)

He ordered for houses to be pulled down

b)

Run away

c)

Call the fire brigade

d)

get some buckets of water

10.

How do we know all about the Great Fire of London?

a)

Newspaper

b)

Radio

c)

TV show

d)

Samuel Pepys' Diary

11.

What did Samuel do with some of his belongings?

a)

Put them on a boat

b)

Dug a hole and buried them

c)

Threw them in the bin

d)

Put them into a suitcase

12.

On the 7th of September at 5am, Samuel wrote that London was:

a)

a lovely place

b)

a burning city

c)

a miserable sight

d)

a hot mess

13.

Samuel stopped writing in his diary in 1669, this is the same year as:

a)

he had a baby

b)

the fire was put out

c)

his wife died

d)

he got a new job

14.

What year did Samuel Pepys die?

(a)