WorksheetsThe Easter Rising
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
In what year did the Easter Rising take place?
1914
1918
1916
1619
What building did the 7 signatories take over?
The GPO (general post office)
Trinity College
Stephens Green Shopping Centre
St. Enda's School
Which of these were part of the Seven Signatories? (more than one answer)
Eamonn Ceannt
Eamonn DeValera
Michael Collins
Seán MacDiarmada
James Connolly
What does GPO stand for?
Government Police Office
General Post Office
General Permission Offering
How many Volunteers marched from Liberty Hall to the GPO?
250
150
1500
220
Which of the following buildings were taken over by the groups of Volunteers? (more than one answer here)
Bolands Mill
Four Courts
Jacobs Biscuit Factory
College of Surgeons
Trinity College
On what date did the Easter Rising begin?
24th April
29th April
12th April
05th April
What happened the GPO during the rising?
There was a gas leak
There were people sleeping there in protest
It was set alight and burnt
What signified the end of the rising on that Sunday, 29th April?
The new Irish flag was waved
Pearse was sent to prison
A white flag was waved by a nurse
The seven signatories were killed
Where did Joseph Plunkett get married?
GPO
Hospital
Kilmainham Gaol
The secret Military Council was set up by
the IRB
Sinn Féin
The Irish Volunteers
The Irish Citizen Army
Who was in charge of organising weapons for the Rising?
Thomas MacDonagh
Jim Larkin
James Connolly
Sir Roger Casement
James Connolly was in charge of which organisation?
The IRB
The Irish Volunteers
The Irish Citizen Army
The Military Council
Why did Eoin MacNeill not support the Rising?
He believed that fighting could only be justified if they were first attacked by the British Government
He didn't have enough men to fight
He wasn't in Ireland at the time
Who read out the Proclamation in front of the GPO?
James Connolly
Roger Casement
Pádraig Pearse
Joseph Plunkett
James Connolly was a co-founder of what political party?
(a)
What was the name of the ship carrying the arms and ammunition for the rebels?
(a)
Who was executed in a chair in Kilmainham Gaol after the Rising?
James Connolly
Thomas Clarke
Joseph Plunkett
Pádraig Pearse
True or False: All of the members of the Military Council were shot in Kilmainham Gaol
True
False
After the Volunteers split in 1914, which of the following men led the Irish Volunteers?
Which of the following (more than one) were members of the IRB Military Council?
Thomas Clarke
Patrick Pearce
Joseph Plunket
John Redmond
True or False
The IRB sent Roger Casement to Germany to buy guns and ask for German support for the rising. a ship called the Aud set sail for Ireland with with guns on board. The Aud was captured by the British of the Kerry coast on Good Friday 1916
True
False
Was the "castle document" a real or forged document?
Real
Forged
Why did the 1916 Rising fail? (more than one answer)
Rebellion concentrated in Dublin
Poor Military tactics from the rebels
British army had more numbers and better weapons
Which of the following are key terms that you could use in a paragraph on the 1916 Rising (more than one)?
Irish Volunteers
IRB
Blood Sacrifice
John Maxwell
Kilmainham Gaol
