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Great Fire of London

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital city of England?

a)

Cardiff

b)

Manchester

c)

London

d)

Bristol

2.

What date did the Great Fire of London start?

a)

Saturday 7th August 1666

b)

Sunday 2nd September 1666

c)

Monday 30th September 1666

d)

Sunday 2nd September 1677

3.

Who was the owner of the bakery in which the fire started?

a)

Thomas Farriner

b)

Samuel Pepys

c)

King Charles II

d)

Christopher Wren

4.

Where was the bakery?

a)

Trafalgar Square

b)

Bakery Lane

c)

Pudding Lane

d)

Dessert Lane

5.

Who was the King at the time of the fire?

a)

King Brad II

b)

King Albert II

c)

King Edward II

d)

King Charles II

6.

Who wrote the diary about the Great Fire of London?

a)

Thomas Farriner

b)

Samuel Pepys

c)

King Charles II

d)

The maid

7.

What was used to pull down houses?

a)

fire steps

b)

fire buckets

c)

fire hooks

d)

fire hoses

8.

What was the name of the famous building burned to the ground and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren?

a)

Church of St. Peter

b)

Tower of London

c)

St. Paul's Cathedral

d)

London Bridge

9.

What is the name given to something that burns easily?

a)

Flittering

b)

Fluttering

c)

Flattering

d)

Flammable

10.

Why did the fire spread?

a)

All of these reasons

b)

The strong wind

c)

Houses were close together

d)

Houses were made of wood