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James I: Life & Gunpowder Plot

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Gunpowder Plot take place?

a)

5 November 1605

b)

4 November 1605

c)

5 December 1605

d)

5 November 1603

2.

Who were the plotters?

a)

Protestants

b)

Catholics

c)

Soldiers

d)

Foreign mercenaries

3.

What did the plotters want to blow up?

a)

The Palace

b)

The Houses of Parliament

c)

The House of Commons

4.

How many barrels of Gunpowder were found underneath Parliament?

a)

35

b)

36

c)

37

d)

34

5.

How was the Gunpowder Plot revealed?

a)

The guards found Guy Fawkes accidentally.

b)

An anonymous letter was sent to Lord Monteagle.

c)

Lord Monteagle was a conspirator and he confessed.

d)

Robert Cecil was a conspirator and he confessed.

6.

When did James I become King of England?

a)

1600

b)

1601

c)

1602

d)

1603

7.

What religion was James I?

a)

Catholic

b)

Protestant

8.

Tick any names that were involved in the Gunpowder Plot (there are 3)

a)

Thomas Percy

b)

Thomas Wentworth

c)

Robert Catesby

d)

Guy Fawkes

e)

Thomas Cranmer

9.

When did the Stuart Era begin?

a)

When James I succeeded Elizabeth I

b)

When Elizabeth succeeded Mary

c)

When James I succeeded Elizabeth II

10.

Who was James I's mother?

a)

Mary I

b)

Mary Queen of Scots

c)

Elizabeth

d)

Elizabeth II

11.

Before becoming the King of England, James was the ruler of which country?

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Ireland

d)

Wales

12.

James had the view that he was...

a)

under the law

b)

lawless

c)

a law in itself

d)

above the law

13.

Who was 'Jinglin' Geordie?'

a)

James' 'favourite', George Villiers

b)

James' cousin, Prince George

c)

James' court jeweller, George Heriot

d)

James' cousin from Newcastle

14.

Who was Robert Carr?

a)

one of James' 'favourites'

b)

one of the Gunpowder plotters

c)

James' father

d)

James' cousin

15.

Apparently James' book about witches, 'Daemonologie', may have helped Shakespeare write his play called...

(a)  

16.

One piece of bling which James liked to wear was...

a)

a ruby-studded letter 'J' for James

b)

a sapphire-studded letter 'R' for 'rex'

c)

a solid-gold belt buckle in the shape of a goose

d)

a diamond-studded letter 'A' for Anna

17.

Who did James blame for his near-death experience in a violent sea-storm?

a)

Neptune

b)

the weather

c)

witches

d)

the English

18.

Who was James' wife?

(a)