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tudor quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many wives did Henry VIII have?

a)

none

b)

8

c)

1

d)

6

2.

Who was Elizabeth I's mother?

a)

Anne Boleyn

b)

Mary I

c)

Catherine of Aragon

d)

Elizabeth of York

3.

What was the name of Henry VIII`s first wife?

a)

Catherine Parr

b)

Anne Boleyn

c)

Catherine of Aragon

d)

Lady Jane Grey

4.

What was the name of Henry VIII's older brother?

a)

Henry VII

b)

Edward I

c)

Arthur

d)

Richard

5.

What does the term 'heretic' mean?

a)

Someone who dies for their beliefs

b)

Someone who believes in more than one God

c)

Someone who has a different religion from the monarch

d)

Someone who is executed by the monarch

6.

How old was Edward VI when he became king?

a)

40

b)

25

c)

2

d)

9

7.

How long was Lady Jane Grey Queen for?

a)

8 years

b)

6 months

c)

2 weeks

d)

9 days

8.

Henry VIII was granted the title 'Fidei Defensor' by the Pope when he was still a good Catholic, which he and his successors kept as one of their titles even after the split with Rome. What is the English name for this title?

a)

Defender of the Faith

b)

Most Catholic King

c)

Most Christian King

d)

Most Valuable Player

9.

Who was the last Tudor monarch?

a)

Mary I

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Henry VII

d)

Henry VIII

10.

Henry VIII became king in ______

a)

1500

b)

1509

c)

1510

d)

1515

11.

Why did Henry VIII close the monasteries from 1536?

a)

Because the monks and nuns lived sinful lives

b)

To sell the land and raise money for his war in France

c)

Because he was a strict protestant

d)

Because the monasteries were too rich

12.

A movement in Western Europe to change the Catholic Church.

a)

Abolishment

b)

Reformation

c)

Disestablishment

d)

Catholicism

13.

A law passed by Henry VIII that made him the head

of the Church of England

a)

Act of Noah

b)

Act of God

c)

Act of Supremacy

d)

Act of Church

14.

Henry VIII had three children.

In what order were they born?

a)

Mary, Edward, Elizabeth

b)

Elizabeth, Edward, Mary

c)

Mary, Elizabeth, Edward

d)

Edward, Mary, Elizabeth

15.

When Henry was in the process of divorcing Catherine what did he call it?

a)

The Great Matter

b)

The Huge Problem

c)

The Mammoth Conundrum

d)

The Mild Inconvenience

16.

Which monarch from the Tudor family dynasty tried to force England to return to the Catholic Church, and executed hundreds of people who refused?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Mary I

c)

Edward VI

d)

Elizabeth I

17.

In which year did Spain send the Spanish Armada?

a)

1558

b)

1588

c)

1598

d)

1586

18.

What is an 'armada'?

a)

A huge war ship

b)

A form of attack tactic

c)

A large group of warships

d)

A type of cannon used by the Spanish

19.

Who provoked Spain by attacking their ships in the New World?

a)

Walter Raleigh

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Francis Drake

d)

Lord Dudley

20.

Which group did Elizabeth promise to help that annoyed the Spanish further?

a)

The Catholics

b)

The Dutch Protestants

c)

The French

d)

The Scottish

21.

The main aim of the Spanish Armada was to achieve what?

a)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and make England a Catholic country once again.

b)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and make England Protestant

c)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and replace with Mary, Queen of Scots

d)

To remove Elizabeth from the throne and make Philip the King of England

22.

Which English sailor led the English forces against the Spanish Armada?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

John Howard

c)

Walter Raleigh

d)

Duke of Medina Sedonia

23.

Which English queen had Philip II married?

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Mary I

c)

Mary, Queen of Scots

24.

Henry VIII became king in ______

a)

1500

b)

1509

c)

1510

d)

1515

25.

Why did Henry VIII close the monasteries from 1536?

a)

Because the monks and nuns lived sinful lives

b)

To sell the land and raise money for his war in France

c)

Because he was a strict protestant

d)

Because the monasteries were too rich

26.

Who did Edward VI name as his heir?

a)

Mary Tudor

b)

Elizabeth Tudor

c)

Duke of Northumberland

d)

Lady Jane Grey

27.

Under Mary, how many protestants were burned at the stake?

a)

200

b)

260

c)

380

d)

280

28.

Queen Elizabeth’s religious policies became known as

a)

Religious Spaces

b)

Religious Groupings

c)

Religious Agreement

d)

Religious Settlement

29.

What did Henry call himself?

a)

Supreme Head of the Church of England

b)

Supreme Chief of the Church of England

c)

Supreme Leader of the Church of England

30.

Elizabeth changed the title of the monarch to ...

a)

Supreme Chief of the Church the England

b)

Supreme Head of the Church of England

c)

Supreme Governor of the Church of England

31.

Elizabeth prohibited Priests from marrying.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The Church of England returned to the teaching of transubstantiation under Queen Elizabeth.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

What relation was Mary Queen of Scots to Elizabeth I?

a)

Cousin

b)

Sister

c)

Mother

d)

Grandmother

34.

What religion was Mary Queen of Scots?

a)

Catholic

b)

Jewish

c)

Hindi

d)

Protestant

35.

Who became the next Monarch after Queen Elizabeth died?

a)

James VI of Scotland

b)

James II of Scotland

c)

James I of Scotland

d)

James III of Scotland

36.

What was the name of the family who reigned England after the Tudors?

a)

Stuarts

b)

Georgians

c)

Normans

d)

Windsors

37.

What was Mary Queen of Scots' mother's name?

a)

Mary of France

b)

Mary of Guy

c)

Mary of Guise

d)

Mary of Scots

38.

Who did Catholics want to be Queen of England during Elizabeth's reign?

a)

Lady Jane Grey

b)

Elizabeth I

c)

Mary I

d)

Mary Queen of Scots

39.

What religion was the previous monarch before Elizabeth?

a)

Protestant

b)

Puritan

c)

Catholic

d)

Jesuit

40.

Over what two areas of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement was there the most controversy?

a)

The Bible and crucifixes

b)

Crucifixes and stain-glass windows

c)

Vestments and stain-glass windows

d)

Vestments and crucifixes