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Since I got an A- in the class, I thought I'd make a quiz! This is mainly from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I.

A multiple-choice quiz by ladymacb29. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
ladymacb29

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
39,591

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
10525

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 77 (5/10), Guest 136 (7/10), Guest 72 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many wives did Henry VIII have beheaded? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what year did Henry VIII break with the Catholic Church? Hint

1547

1533

1553

1509

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Question 3 of 10

3. What religion was Queen Mary I? Hint

Jewish

Church of England

Catholic

Calvinist

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what year did Mary I marry Philip II of Spain? Hint

1603

1558

1554

1553

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Question 5 of 10

5. Mary was called 'Bloody Mary' because she burned a lot of heretics. Where did most of the burnings take place? Hint

Glasgow

Smithfield

Bishop's Gate

Oxford

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Question 6 of 10

6. In what year was Elizabeth I excommunicated by the Pope? Hint

1553

1922

1603

1570

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who dealt with the political split with Rome during Henry VIII's reign after Wolsey died? Hint

Cranmer

Buckingham

Dudley

Cromwell

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did the 1533 Act of Restraint of Appeals do? Hint

Made religious questions solved in England, not Rome

Made Henry VIII pope

Made all religious questions go directly to Rome

Declared Mary I a bastard

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who talked Edward VI into changing the order of succession? Hint

Cranmer

Buckingham

Mary

Northumberland

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Question 10 of 10

10. What language was Elizabeth I NOT fluent in? Hint

Latin

French

German

Italian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many wives did Henry VIII have beheaded?

Answer: 2

Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.

2. In what year did Henry VIII break with the Catholic Church?

Answer: 1533

He didn't want Rome to decide whether or not he could get a divorce - he wanted England to be supreme.

3. What religion was Queen Mary I?

Answer: Catholic

Hence the 'Marian Restoration' of Catholicism.

4. In what year did Mary I marry Philip II of Spain?

Answer: 1554

It wasn't a happy marriage because Philip resented being married to an 'old woman' who he had no physical attraction for.

5. Mary was called 'Bloody Mary' because she burned a lot of heretics. Where did most of the burnings take place?

Answer: Smithfield

The Smithfield fires were memorialized in Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs' written in 1570.

6. In what year was Elizabeth I excommunicated by the Pope?

Answer: 1570

7. Who dealt with the political split with Rome during Henry VIII's reign after Wolsey died?

Answer: Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell was political, while Cranmer dealt with the religious.

8. What did the 1533 Act of Restraint of Appeals do?

Answer: Made religious questions solved in England, not Rome

9. Who talked Edward VI into changing the order of succession?

Answer: Northumberland

Northumberland wanted his new daughter-in-law, Jane Grey, to be queen.

10. What language was Elizabeth I NOT fluent in?

Answer: German

Elizabeth was able to speak six languages fluently: Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish and English.

Source: Author ladymacb29

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