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WorksheetsChapter 38: Cromwells, Charles II James II
Total questions: 115
Worksheet time: 58mins
Why was the parliament called the Rump Parliament?
Because they all had rumps (booties)
Because they had killed all of the members of parliament who were sympathetic to Charles I
After the execution of Charles I, what happened to the Rump parliament?
They continued
They dissolved because Oliver Cromwell dissolved them for being selfish and slow to act. He then took over the government as "Protector"
Charles I son, Charles II, tried to take the crown after his father's death. Who won?
Charles II
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was well liked by the people?
True
False
What did Oliver Cromwell do two times to the Irish Catholics?
Gave them
Slaughtered them
Threatened them
What are some things that Oliver Cromwell did as Lord Protector?
Took makeup away from women
Whipped boys for playing sports on Sundays
Took Christmas candy away from people
All of the above (true)
Who did the Philosopher, Thomas Hobbs support?
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
The Parliament
What was Thomas Hobbs' view of the interregnum period in England between Charles I and Charles II?
It was as close to the state of nature as possible and that's a bad thing
It was the best of times because they weren't under the rule of a King
Thomas Hobbs view of people is that:
They are naturally good and generous
They are naturally selfish
What did Thomas Hobbes' book Leviathan argue?
That people are naturally good and can govern themselves
That government should be based on the separation of powers
That people need a strong ruler to keep order
That democracy is the best form of government
What natural tendency does Hobbes believe humans also possess besides being warlike?
A. A desire for wealth
B. A desire for peace
What do people agree to give up in Hobbes’s idea of the social contract?
Their property rights
Their religion
Some of their natural freedoms
Their individuality
According to Hobbes, what should the church’s authority be subordinate to?
The authority of Scripture
The people’s will
Military power
Civic authority (the sovereign state)
What did President Madison mean by saying, “If men were angels, we would have no need of government”?
A. Humans are imperfect and need laws and order
B. Angels would be better rulers
C. Governments are unnecessary
D. Men should rule themselves
What form of government did Hobbes favor to maintain order?
Democracy
Monarchy
Republic
Anarchy
Anne Bradstreet was known for being the first:
American and female poet published in England and America
Governor of Massachusetts
Minister in a Puritan church
Playwright in colonial America
What religious belief did the Puritans strongly hold?
Separation of church and state
Predestination
Freedom of religion
Reincarnation
What event inspired Bradstreet’s poem Verses Upon the Burning of Our House?
The death of her husband
The birth of her children
The destruction of her house by fire
Her family’s move to America
How did Bradstreet respond to losing her possessions in the fire?
She accepted the loss as God's will and focused on spiritual wealth.
She blamed her neighbors for the fire.
She tried to save her possessions during the fire.
She became angry and resentful about her loss.
What was Bradstreet's reaction to the loss of her home?
A. She accepted it as part of God’s plan
B. She blamed herself for the loss
C. She became angry at her faith
D. She swore never to write again
What “house on high” does Bradstreet refer to in her poem?
Her rebuilt home
A church
Heaven
The royal palace
According to the transcript, how were women generally treated in Puritan society?
Equally to men
As inferior and expected to serve men
As leaders in the church
As free thinkers and writers
What did Bradstreet’s poem In Honor of That High and Mighty Princess, Queen Elizabeth criticize?
Monarchy
The Puritan belief in women’s inferiority
The Church of England
English colonization
What argument does Bradstreet make about women in this poem?
Women should stay silent
Women should not write poetry
Women are capable and reasonable like men
Only queens have value
Why did Richard Cromwell lose his position as Lord Protector?
He resigned voluntarily
He lacked support from the army and people
He was assassinated
He refused to collect taxes
What did the reinstalled Rump Parliament struggle with after Richard Cromwell’s removal?
Religious reform
Deciding how to govern England
Expanding colonies
Forming a new church
What did George Monk do when he arrived in London?
Crowned himself king
Executed Charles II’s supporters
Reinstated members of Parliament purged in 1648
Declared war on Scotland
What major decision did the Convention Parliament make in 1660?
To execute Charles II
To establish a republic
To restore the monarchy
To abolish Parliament
What did Charles II promise in his Declaration of Breda?
To punish all former rebels
To pardon crimes and allow religious tolerance
To end the monarchy
To convert to Puritanism
According to Charles II’s advisor, what should the king use as his defense against treason?
The army
The royal family
The Test Act and the Church of England
The Catholic Church
What happened to some of the men involved in King Charles I’s execution?
They were pardoned
They were put on trial and executed
They were exiled to France
They became advisors to Charles II
What lasting political outcome followed the English Civil War and Restoration?
A. A strong constitutional monarchy
B. The end of Parliament
C. Absolute rule by kings
D. Permanent military dictatorship
After the Restoration, what change occurred in how Parliament operated?
It was dissolved permanently
It met only during wartime
It would never again go more than a decade without meeting
It lost all power to the monarch
Who was heir to the throne after Charles II?
Charles III
James II
How long did James II reign last?
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
Where was John Milton born?
A. London, England
B. Oxford, England
C. Cambridge, England
D. Manchester, England
At which college did Milton study?
Trinity College, Oxford
Christ's College, Cambridge
King's College, London
Pembroke College, Cambridge
What nickname did Milton earn at Cambridge?
The English Genius
The Blind Scholar
The Lady of Christ
The Poet of Purity
Which of the following was not one of the languages Milton learned?
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
German
Which poem did Milton write in memory of a friend who drowned?
Lycidas
L'Allegro
On Shakespeare
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Who did Milton meet in Florence in 1638?
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
William Shakespeare
Oliver Cromwell
What major institution did Milton strongly oppose?
Parliament
The monarchy
The Church of England
The universities
Who led the Puritans against King Charles I?
King Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
The Puritans against Cromwell
The Catholic Church
What is the title of Milton’s famous 10-volume epic poem?
Paradise Regained
Paradise Lost
Samson Agonistes
Areopagitica
Why did Milton have to dictate Paradise Lost to assistants?
He was imprisoned
He was blind
He was too weak to write
He was in exile
Where was a monument dedicated to Milton 63 years after his death?
Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Corner
St. Paul’s Cathedral
The Tower of London
Cambridge University
What was Milton’s purpose in writing Paradise Lost?
To criticize religion
To tell a love story
To justify the ways of God to man
To praise King Charles II
Where does Paradise Lost begin?
In the Garden of Eden
In Hell, after Satan’s fall
In Heaven before the rebellion
On Earth after Adam’s sin
What do the fallen angels decide to do after their defeat?
Attack Heaven again
Beg God’s forgiveness
Target God’s newest creation, mankind
Hide in Hell forever
Who volunteers to die on behalf of humankind?
God’s Son
The Archangel Raphael
Adam
Michael
How does Satan enter the Garden of Eden?
As a man
Disguised as a cherub
What does Uriel realize about the cherub in Paradise?
That it's Gabriel in disguise
That it's actually Satan
That it's a lost angel
That it's a human
What symbol does God send to show Satan's defeat is certain?
A. A flaming sword
B. A pair of golden scales in the sky
C. A thunderstorm
D. A shining crown
Why does God send the Archangel Raphael to Adam?
To teach him how to farm
To warn him about Satan and remind him of free will
To give him new commandments
To punish him
In what form does Satan tempt Eve?
A. A shadow
B. A fallen angel
C. A serpent
D. A man
Why does Adam eat the forbidden fruit?
He is tricked by Satan
He doesn't know it's forbidden
He wants to share Eve's fate
He's hungry
What punishment does God give Eve and all women?
Pain in childbirth and submission to their husbands
Exile from Eden
Loss of speech
Eternal blindness
What happens to Satan and his followers after they celebrate their victory?
They are forgiven
They vanish into darkness
They are turned into serpents
They are trapped in ice
After repenting, what does God promise Adam and Eve?
A. A return to Eden
B. An afterlife in heaven
C. A second paradise on Earth
D. Longer lives
What vision does the Archangel Michael show Adam?
The rebuilding of Eden
The future kings of England
The suffering and history of humankind, including Noah’s flood
The fall of Satan
How does Paradise Lost end?
Adam and Eve leave paradise, accepting their fate
Adam defeats Satan
God destroys the Earth
The angels rebuild Eden
Who wrote Pilgrim's Progress?
Ted Bundy
John Bunyan
Paul Harvey
What was John Bunyan imprisoned for?
For teaching things which are not in line with the official church of England
For meeting with people other than his family.
Both of the above answers are correct
What is the name of the protagonist of the Pilgrim's Progress?
Sinner
Christian
Heathen
Righteous
Christian read a book that said that his city would be destroyed. He felt compelled to journey to the city of lights that was talked about in the book. When he told his wife about all of that, how did she react?
She was completely supportive and decided to take the journey with him
She did not believe him and stayed at home with the kids instead of going with him
It wasn’t just the book that told Christian to leave but a man as well. What was the name of that man?
Evangelist
Heathen
Elder
Baptist
What is the name of the person who helped Christian in the Slough of Despond?
Evangelist
Help
Hope
Interpreter
What was Christian hoping to get rid of by going on this journey?
the weight upon his back
The book
His family
What fancy dressed man told Christian he was going the wrong way and instead that he needed to go to a place called morality and find a man named legality and his son civility?
Distraction
Orderly
Worldly
What did legality want Christian to do to take off his burden?
Become a lawyer
Obey all the rules
Let Jesus take away his pain through repentance
Why couldn't he undo his burden the way that legality wanted him to do it?
There were so many rules that he couldn't keep them all
It was too easy
Who saved Christian from legality?
Evangelist
Help
Interpreter
A man named Goodwill took him to see a lady named Interpreter. What did she teach Christian?
The power of positive thinking
The power of Christian grace
The power of anger
The power of love
What did Christian see that freed him from his burden (weight)?
Legality
His wife
The cross and tomb of Christ
The fires of Satan
Besides lifting his burden, what other consequence occurred from seeing the cross and tomb of Christ?
His heart became heavy
His heart was cleansed
Christian still had temptation after his cleansing and after his weight was lifted.
True
False
What were the names of the ladies who helped Christian and gave him armor after he lost the scroll?
discretion, prudence, piety, and charity
Nonsense, pathetic, poopy and chickenpox
Discernment, practicality, civility, praiseworthy
Virtue, purity, courage, strength
What is one creature that Christian fought against with the armor on?
Troll
Dragon
Frog
Gremlin
Why were the people at Vanity Fair angry at Christian and Faithful?
Because they were trying to destroy things
Because they weren’t participating in anything at the fair
What was Christian seeking that Vanity Fair didn’t have?
Peace and Joy
Passion and romance
Entertainment and excitement
What did the people of Vanity Fair do to Faithful after both she and Christian were imprisoned?
They kept her in jail
They let her go free
They executed her
What happened to Christian after he was imprisoned in Vanity Fair?
He escaped from jail
He was executed
They let him go free
Where do Christian and his friend Hope arrive at the end of Pilgrim’s Progress?
The City of Darkness
The Celestial City (City of Light)
Paradise City
California City
What is the second book of Pilgrim’s Progress called?
Pilgrim’s Stop
Christiana
Diablo
Angelita
Christian’s journey was harder than Christiana’s. Why?
Because the author felt that it would not be kind to have a woman go through so much hardship
Because Christian paved the way for his wife and children
What did Christian and Christiana's children do in the end of the book?
They entered the City of Lights
They stayed behind to help others on their journey
What was the name of the woman who was captured by Native Americans and in captivity for 11 weeks?
Mary Rowlandson
Mary Roundy
Maria Rolanda
What is the name of the type of literature that she wrote and made popular?
Religious Narrative
Captivity Narrative
Intertwined in the Captivity narrative that Mary Rowlandson wrote is what?
Political commentary
Religious connections
During Oliver Cromwell’s rule, theater was banned. After he died and Charles II was made King after Oliver Cromwell's son was kicked out, theater was made legal again. What was the name of the theater during this time?
Thinking Theater
Renaissance Theater
Restoration Theater
Describe restoration theater.
Sexually explicit
Morally pure
Which of the following is the name of a famous restoration period play?
The City Girl
The Country Girl
The Bad Girl
The Good Girl
The failed Ottoman attempt to capture Vienna in 1683 is often considered what?
The start of the Ottoman Empire
The turning point leading to Ottoman decline
In 1687, Newton published which groundbreaking scientific work?
Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems
Principia Mathematica
The Republic
Leviathan
Newton believed the orderly system of the universe could only come from what?
Random chance
A mechanical universe without God
The council of an intelligent and powerful being
Pure mathematical symmetry
Newton predicted that the end times would occur in what year?
2100
3000
2060
1999
Edmund Halley visited Newton to ask about what?
The shape of rainbows
The curve planets would follow under an inverse-square force
The origin of comets
How to build a telescope
Newton’s paper sent to Halley proved that planets obeying the inverse square law move in what shape?
Circles
Hyperbolas
Ellipses
Spirals
Which of the following is NOT one of Newton’s three laws of motion?
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
Objects remain in uniform motion unless acted on
Force equals mass times acceleration
Moving objects eventually stop without a force
Newton’s cannonball thought experiment illustrates what?
The speed of light
How gravity creates orbital motion
Newton called his discovery that gravity acts everywhere in the universe:
The universal law of gravitation
The cosmic weight equation
The celestial pull doctrine
The planetary motion law
Newton’s second law of motion is expressed by which equation?
E = mc²
F = ma
a² + b² = c²
MV = P
Which object has more mass?
Balloon
Ping-pong ball
Rock
Tissue
Which of these has more mass?
Basketball
Bowling ball
Soccer ball
Beach ball
In tug-of-war, what happens when forces are unbalanced?
No one moves
The rope breaks
The side with greater force accelerates
The game resets
Newton’s third law states:
Gravity acts instantly across space
Objects resist changes in motion
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
Time is relative
Newton created calculus partly to solve problems involving:
Weather prediction
Instantaneous speed
Balancing chemical equations
Building clocks
Calculus is now used in all of the following EXCEPT:
Modeling global climate
Analyzing populations
Stock market analysis
Writing poetry
By age 22, Newton was already considered what?
The greatest astronomer alive
The greatest mathematician in the world
A failed student
A famous public lecturer
Newton discovered that white light is composed of what?
Only one pure wavelength
Multiple colors combined
Invisible rays
Black and white particles
Newton’s “bodkin experiment” involved:
Firing a cannon
Pressing a needle against his eye
Dropping objects from a tower
Timing falling apples
Newton showed that a prism does what to white light?
Destroys it
Splits it into a spectrum of colors
Bends it into a circle
Turns it into sound waves
What was James II’s church when he assumed the British throne?
Protestant (Anglican)
Protestant (Puritan)
Catholic
How did James II’s subjects feel about his Catholicism?
They were open to new ideas and did not mind that he was of a different faith
They did not like his faith and it angered them more that he began appointing Catholic subjects to military and other government posts
Who gained the throne after James II was ousted?
William
Mary
Both William and Mary
