Lesson Y107.1

Y107.1 Elizabeth and religion Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson Y107.1, Elizabeth and religion: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR History (H505), Unit 1: Unit group 1: British period study, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. In which year was Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope Pius V?

    • 1588
    • 1568
    • 1570
    • 1559

  2. Which 1559 Act declared Elizabeth I Supreme Governor of the Church of England?

    • Act of Uniformity
    • Act of Supremacy
    • Thirty-Nine Articles
    • Test Act

  3. Who served as Elizabeth I's chief minister and principal adviser for most of her reign?

    • Robert Dudley
    • Robert Cecil
    • William Cecil
    • Francis Walsingham

  4. Which two northern earls led the Catholic Northern Rebellion of 1569?

    • Gardiner and Pole
    • Norfolk and Arundel
    • Essex and Leicester
    • Northumberland and Westmorland

  5. What were Catholic priests trained at overseas colleges like Douai called?

    • Puritan preachers
    • Separatist ministers
    • Chantry priests
    • Seminary priests

  6. Which 1563 statute was passed to regulate employment, wages, and apprenticeship standards?

    • Vagabond Act
    • Poor Law Act
    • Statute of Artificers
    • Act of Settlement

  7. Which Archbishop of Canterbury was placed under house arrest for refusing to suppress Puritan prophesyings?

    • Matthew Parker
    • Edmund Grindal
    • John Whitgift
    • Thomas Cranmer

  8. Which 1584 oath pledged to execute anyone attempting to harm Queen Elizabeth I?

    • Solemn League
    • Treason Act
    • Bond of Association
    • Act of Association

  9. Which Catholic plot led directly to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587?

    • Ridolfi Plot
    • Babington Plot
    • Throckmorton Plot
    • Bye Plot

  10. What term described Catholics who refused to attend Church of England parish services?

    • Recusants
    • Separatists
    • Nonconformists
    • Lollards

  11. In which county did a small anti-enclosure rising break out in 1596?

    • Yorkshire
    • Norfolk
    • Kent
    • Oxfordshire

  12. Which MP attempted to introduce a Presbyterian prayer book to Parliament in 1587?

    • Walter Strickland
    • Anthony Cope
    • Thomas Cartwright
    • Peter Wentworth

  13. What royal prerogative allowed the Crown to seize supplies and transport at below-market prices?

    • Monopoly
    • Purveyance
    • Tonnage and poundage
    • Wardship

  14. Which Irish leader led the Nine Years' War against Elizabeth's forces from 1594?

    • Earl of Tyrone
    • Lord Deputy Grey
    • Earl of Essex
    • Earl of Desmond

  15. Which disgraced former royal favourite mounted a failed rebellion in London in February 1601?

    • Earl of Essex
    • Earl of Oxford
    • Lord Burghley
    • Earl of Leicester

  16. Which landmark statute established a national system of poor relief funded by local rates in 1601?

    • Act of Settlement
    • Vagabond Act
    • Elizabethan Poor Law
    • Statute of Artificers

  17. What was the primary parliamentary grant awarded to Elizabeth to cover extraordinary state expenses?

    • Monopoly
    • Purveyance
    • Benevolence
    • Subsidy

  18. Which radical Protestant group sought complete independence from the national Church of England?

    • Separatists
    • Jesuits
    • Presbyterians
    • Puritans

  19. Which Archbishop of Canterbury introduced the Three Articles in 1583 to enforce clerical conformity?

    • Matthew Parker
    • Richard Bancroft
    • William Laud
    • John Whitgift

  20. What exclusive trade rights granted to court favourites caused severe conflict in the 1601 Parliament?

    • Benevolences
    • Purveyances
    • Monopolies
    • Subsidies

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