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History

1. Julius Caesar invaded Britain _____.

A. once

B. twice

C. three times

2. King Arthur was the king of _____.

A. Picts

B. Celts

C. Scots

D. Jutes

3. The first “King of the English” was _____.

A. Alfred

B. Egbert

C. Bede

D. Ethelred

4. Christianity was introduced into England in the late _____ century.

A. 14th

B. 8th

C. 6th

5. In 1653 _____ was made Lord Protector for life.

A. Oliver Cromwell

B. Charles I

C. William II

6. The three great Germanic tribes: the Anglos, the _____ and the Jutes which invaded Britain form the basis of the modern British people.

A. Saxons

B. Scots

C. Welsh

D. Wessex

7. The head of the church in Anglo-Saxon times was _____.

A. the King of Denmark and Norway

B. the king of England

C. Julius Caesar

D. the Archbishop of Canterbury

8. The _____ invaded England in the earliest time.

A. Danes

B. Iberians

C. Romans

D. Celts

9. The Vikings who invaded England at the turn of the 8th century came from _____.

A. Norway

B. Denmark

C. France

D. both A and B

10. Edward was known as the “_____” because of his reputation for saintliness.]

A. Confessor

B. Conqueror

C. Protector

11. Norman Conquest began in _____.

A. 1016

B. 1066

C. 1035

12. In history _____ was nicknamed “King of Lackland”.

A. John

B. Henry I

C. Henry II

13. In 1181 Henry II issued the _____ which made it compulsory for every freeman in England to be provided with arms.

A. Inquest of Sheriffs

B. Assize of Arms

C. Doomsday Book

14. Henry Plantagenet, in 1154, established the House of Angevin as _____.

A. Henry I

B. Henry II

C. Henry III

15. Henry II appointed in 1162 _____ Archbishop of Canterbury.

A. Thomas Becket

B. Stephen Langton

C. Simon de Mortfort

16. Charles I was beheaded in _____.

A. 1649

B. 1648

C. 1653

17. It was _____ who summoned Model Parliament in 1295.

A. Edward I

B. Henry IV

C. Simon de Montfort

18. The Great Charter contained _____ sets of provisions.

A. two

B. four

C. three

19. The Peasants Uprising in 1381 was led by _____.

A. Henry Turner

B. Watt Tyler

C. Richard

20. The English Church was strictly _____.

A. national

B. international

C. regional

21. The Glorious Revolution in 1688 was in nature a _____.

A. coup d’etat

B. racial slaughter

C. peasant rising

22. The Industrial Revolution laid a good foundation for the _____.

A. factory of the world

B. expansion of markets

C. social upheaval

23. The American Revolution (the American War of Independence) broke out in _____ and ended in _____.

A. 1775, 1783

B. 1774, 1782

C. 1786, 1784

24. The Battle of Hastings took place in _____.

A. 1606

B. 1042

C. 1066

25. The Great Charter was signed by _____ in 1215.

A. King Henry II

B. King Richard

C. King John

26. In the early 14th century feudalism began to _____ in England.

A. grow

B. flourish

C. decline

D. end

27. It was _____ who published the book “The Rights of Man”.

A. Thomas More

B. Thomas Paine

C. Thomas Jefferson

28. The first Prime Minister was _____.

A. Wilminton

B. George Grenville

C. Robert Walpole

29. The Parliament of 1265 which is known as the “_____” is considered the “beginning of parliament”.

A. All Estates Parliament

B. Model Parliament

C. Long Parliament

30. The Anglo-French hostility which began in 1337 and ended in 1453 was known as _____.

A. the Wars of Roses

B. the Hundred Years’ War

C. Peasant Uprising

31. In the first half of 17th century _____ grow rapidly in England.

A. feudalism

B. capitalism

C. Catholicism

32. Prime Minister _____ resisted any reform that could be resisted.

A. Palmerston

B. Robert Peel

C. Gladstone

33. By the end of the Hundred Years’ War only the port of _____ remained under English rule.

A. Troyes

B. Gascon

C. Calais

34. In the 14th century took place the _____, the severest of many plagues in the middle ages.

A. Earthquake

B. Black Death

C. Drought

35. _____ and his followers, known as Lollards, provided ideological preparation for the labour movement of the 14th century.

A. John Wycliffe

B. Watt Tyler

C. Somerset

36. By the end of the Wars of the Roses the House of _____ began.

A. Tudor

B. Lancaster

C. Plantagenet

37. In the “_____” of 1388 five lords accused the King’s friends of treason under a very expansive definition of crime.

A. All Estates parliament

B. Merciless Parliament