Lesson 1D.1.1

1D.1.1 Absolutism challenged in Britain, 1603–1649 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 4

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Lesson 1D.1.1, Absolutism challenged in Britain, 1603–1649: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA History (7042), Unit 4: 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which Stuart monarch succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603 as King of England, having already ruled Scotland as James VI?

    • Charles I
    • William III
    • James I
    • Henry Stuart

  2. Which plot of 1605, led by Robert Catesby, aimed to blow up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening?

    • The Ridolfi Plot
    • The Gunpowder Plot
    • The Rye House Plot
    • The Babington Plot

  3. Which Parliament of 1614 was dissolved after a few weeks without passing any legislation, earning the name Addled?

    • The Rump Parliament
    • The Long Parliament
    • The Addled Parliament
    • The Short Parliament

  4. Which 1610 proposal, designed to solve the Crown's financial problems by exchanging feudal dues for an annual income, failed in Parliament?

    • The Petition of Right
    • The Solemn League and Covenant
    • The Great Contract
    • The Grand Remonstrance

  5. Which Parliamentary document of 1628 set out the limits on royal taxation, imprisonment and martial law?

    • The Act of Settlement
    • The Bill of Rights
    • The Triennial Act
    • The Petition of Right

  6. Which favourite of James I and Charles I was assassinated in 1628 and was a leading figure at court in the 1620s?

    • The Earl of Danby
    • The Earl of Clarendon
    • The Duke of Buckingham
    • The Earl of Strafford

  7. Which Archbishop of Canterbury, a leading Arminian under Charles I, pushed through religious reforms that alarmed Puritans?

    • Richard Bancroft
    • Thomas Cranmer
    • John Whitgift
    • William Laud

  8. Which 1637 court case, brought by John Hampden, challenged the Crown's right to levy Ship Money without parliamentary approval?

    • The Five Knights' case
    • The Ship Money case
    • The Case of Bate
    • The Case of Impositions

  9. Which document of 1638, drawn up in Scotland, opposed the religious policies of Charles I and Laud?

    • The National Covenant
    • The Heads of the Proposals
    • The Instrument of Government
    • The Solemn League and Covenant

  10. Which leader of the Parliamentary opposition in the Long Parliament organised key attacks on Charles's ministers and the Grand Remonstrance?

    • John Pym
    • Thomas Fairfax
    • Oliver Cromwell
    • John Hampden

  11. Which minister of Charles I, executed in 1641 after his impeachment, was seen as the king's principal adviser in Ireland?

    • The Earl of Strafford
    • The Earl of Danby
    • The Earl of Clarendon
    • The Duke of Buckingham

  12. Which battle, fought in October 1642, was the first major engagement of the English Civil War?

    • Worcester
    • Marston Moor
    • Naseby
    • Edgehill

  13. Which battle of 1645, won by the New Model Army under Fairfax and Cromwell, decisively defeated the royalist field army?

    • Edgehill
    • Preston
    • Dunbar
    • Naseby

  14. How many years separated the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and the Petition of Right in 1628?

    • 33 years
    • 28 years
    • 18 years
    • 23 years

  15. How many years did Charles I's Personal Rule last, from the dissolution of Parliament in 1629 to the summoning of the Short Parliament in 1640?

    • 9 years
    • 11 years
    • 13 years
    • 7 years

  16. Which statement best explains why Charles I's religious policy in Scotland produced the crisis that forced him to summon Parliament in 1640?

    • Scottish Presbyterians accepted all Laudian reforms without objection, so no rebellion took place at any time
    • The Scottish National Covenant and rebellion against the Prayer Book led to the Bishops' Wars, which the king could not finance
    • The Scottish Parliament refused to meet until 1645, which left the king without any means to raise money
    • Charles had already abolished the Scottish Church in 1625, which made the Covenant a legal necessity in Edinburgh

  17. Which statement best evaluates the causes of the English Civil War by 1642?

    • Religious, financial and constitutional disputes combined, with each strengthening the others during the 1630s and early 1640s
    • The war was caused entirely by a disputed succession in 1603, which had left the crown contested ever since
    • The war had no connection with religion or taxation, and it was fought over the boundaries of the Scottish border
    • The war was caused by a single event, the assassination of Buckingham, which removed the king's chief adviser

  18. Which group of the 1640s, who opposed both royal absolutism and the Parliamentary leadership, pressed for radical political and religious reform?

    • The Cavaliers
    • The Presbyterian Scots
    • The Royal Society
    • The Levellers

  19. Which 1649 event, after a long trial, led to the execution of Charles I outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall?

    • The regicide
    • The Dunbar campaign
    • The Glorious Revolution
    • The Restoration

  20. Which Scottish Covenanters' treaty of 1643 promised religious reform in England in return for military help against Charles I?

    • The Newcastle Propositions
    • The Heads of the Proposals
    • The Solemn League and Covenant
    • The National Covenant

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