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A Man For All Seasons Trivia Quiz

I recently saw the movie "A Man for All Seasons" (1966) directed by Fred Zinnemann, which won the Academy Award for best picture. The characters in the film are fictional mirrors of real people. This quiz is about the real people.

A multiple-choice quiz by GSmoke827. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
GSmoke827

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
285,090

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The main character in this story is Sir Thomas More. More was an English lawyer, statesman and an author in the early 16th century. As an author, he published a book in which an imaginary island maintained peace through a complex political system. What word did he coin to represent this society? Hint

Paradise

Bliss

Fantasy

Utopia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Four hundred years after his death, Thomas More was canonised as a martyr by Pope _____________ . Hint

John XXIII

John Paul II

Pius XI

Benedict XV

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Question 3 of 10

3. Thomas More's second wife, Alice, was a good mother to their children, though four of the five were from Thomas' previous marriage. What was the name of Thomas' first wife? Hint

Eleanor Fisher

Agnes Granger

Jane Colt

Margaret Roper

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Question 4 of 10

4. Thomas More was a saint. He treated everyone with a dignity they did not always deserve, especially the women in his family. In which of the following ways did he NOT differ from nearly all other rich men in the way he treated the women? Hint

Refused to beat them

He educated his daughters himself

Bought them each a house

Referred to his daughters as being as intelligent as men

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is missing from the following quote from Saint Thomas More?
I die the King's loyal servant but ______ first. Hint

My country's

God's

The Pope's

Weep

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Question 6 of 10

6. Whom did Thomas Cromwell serve as secretary prior to his own rise in politics? Hint

Sir Thomas More

Pope Alexander VI

Cardinal Wolsey

King Henry VIII

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Question 7 of 10

7. Richard Rich served as first chancellor of the Court of Augmentations. For which purpose was this Court established? Hint

To dispose of the monastic revenues

To act as a defense of the rights of kings

To dispose of committers of high treason

To rid England of heretics

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Question 8 of 10

8. What title was bestowed upon Richard Rich in a 2006 edition of BBC "History Magazine"? Hint

The 16th century's greatest chancellor

England's monastic destroyer

The 16th century's greatest traitor

The 16th century's worst Briton

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Question 9 of 10

9. In addition to doing a fantastic job at not keeping a wife, Henry VIII was accomplished in sport, writing and poetry. What other area of culture did Henry VIII excel in? Hint

Pottery

Sculpture

Music

Painting

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was it Henry VIII wished to marry and so wished for a divorce? Hint

Mary Boleyn

Anne Boleyn

Elizabeth Blount

Mary Howard

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Utopia

In addition to its positive meaning of 'perfect society', Utopia has also come to mean 'unattainable', even perhaps 'figment of the imagination'.

2. Four hundred years after his death, Thomas More was canonised as a martyr by Pope _____________ .

Answer: Pius XI

Exactly 400 years after his death, Saint Thomas More (1478-15350 was canonised by Pope Pius XI. June 22nd is Saint More's feast day, a day shared with Saint John Fisher, an English bishop.

3. Thomas More's second wife, Alice, was a good mother to their children, though four of the five were from Thomas' previous marriage. What was the name of Thomas' first wife?

Answer: Jane Colt

Jane gave More four children and was an excellent mother. She died in 1511, just six years after their marriage. Later that same year Thomas married to Alice Middleton, a widow. They lived together happily until his imprisonment.

Answer: Bought them each a house

More also married Jane Colt, a woman whom he did not love, for her own well being, and not his. He was in love with her younger sister, but married Jane so she would not be humiliated when her younger sister was married before her. Very gentlemanly!

5. What is missing from the following quote from Saint Thomas More? I die the King's loyal servant but ______ first.

Answer: God's

These were More's final words. He was executed for treason. More was set against King Henry VIII becoming head of the church so that he might divorce his wife to marry another. More was not denying he was loyal to the king, the king was his friend.

More was allowing the people to understand that he felt his loyalty to God was, and should be, greater than his loyalty to any other ncluding the king.

6. Whom did Thomas Cromwell serve as secretary prior to his own rise in politics?

Answer: Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas Cromwell was the Cardinal's most trusted servant and personal secretary. Once Cardinal Wolsey fell from grace, Cromwell immediately turned to the King's side and became Henry VIII's most valued adviser. Cromwell was ambitious, servile and hungry for power.

7. Richard Rich served as first chancellor of the Court of Augmentations. For which purpose was this Court established?

Answer: To dispose of the monastic revenues

The Court of Augmentation was established during Henry VIII's reign. Among the officials of this court were: a chancellor, treasurer, lawyer, solicitor, a group of auditors and a group of receivers, a clerk, an usher and a messenger. Richard Rich was the first chancellor of this court.

8. What title was bestowed upon Richard Rich in a 2006 edition of BBC "History Magazine"?

Answer: The 16th century's worst Briton

Ten English historians were gathered together to name the worst Briton in each century from 1000 AD to 2000 AD. Sir Richard Rich took the blow for the 16th century (1500 to 1600). Jack the Ripper of the 19th century was selected as the worst Briton in history.

9. In addition to doing a fantastic job at not keeping a wife, Henry VIII was accomplished in sport, writing and poetry. What other area of culture did Henry VIII excel in?

Answer: Music

Henry VIII was an accomplished musician. He wrote many pieces, his best known is "Pastime with Good Company". This piece of music is also referred to as "The Kynge's Ballade".

10. Who was it Henry VIII wished to marry and so wished for a divorce?

Answer: Anne Boleyn

After all the trouble of taking over the church so that he could divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, this marriage to Anne was "short lived and disastrous" (married January 1533, beheaded May 1536). She was one of the two wives that he had beheaded.

Source: Author GSmoke827

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