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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
10502

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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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

Church of England

Jewish

Calvinist

Catholic

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Question 4 of 10

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

1558

1554

1553

1603

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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

Smithfield

Bishop's Gate

Glasgow

Oxford

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Question 6 of 10

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

1922

1553

1570

1603

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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

Cromwell

Dudley

Buckingham

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Question 8 of 10

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

Declared Mary I a bastard

Made all religious questions go directly to Rome

Made religious questions solved in England, not Rome

Made Henry VIII pope

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Question 9 of 10

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

Cranmer

Northumberland

Mary

Buckingham

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Question 10 of 10

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

French

Latin

Italian

German

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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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