Y108.1 James I and Parliament Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. What political theory did James I outline in his treatise The True Law of Free Monarchies?

   • Parliamentary Sovereignty
   • Divine Right
   • Constitutional Monarchy
   • Popular Sovereignty

2. Which treaty signed in 1604 ended England's long war with Spain under James I?

   • Treaty of London
   • Treaty of Westminster
   • Treaty of Dover
   • Treaty of Madrid

3. What scheme proposed by Robert Cecil in 1610 aimed to reform royal finances?

   • The Book of Rates
   • Impositions
   • Monopoly Act
   • The Great Contract

4. Which 1604 conference was called by James I to discuss Puritans' requests for religious reform?

   • Savoy Conference
   • Whitehall Conference
   • Hampton Court Conference
   • York House Conference

5. What major Catholic plot aimed to blow up Parliament and James I in 1605?

   • The Bye Plot
   • The Ridolfi Plot
   • The Main Plot
   • The Gunpowder Plot

6. Who was James I's Lord Treasurer who negotiated the failed Great Contract of 1610?

   • Duke of Buckingham
   • Lionel Cranfield
   • Robert Cecil
   • Earl of Strafford

7. What failed 1623 diplomatic mission sought a marriage alliance for Prince Charles?

   • The Spanish Match
   • The Dover Pact
   • The French Match
   • The Palatinate Treaty

8. Which translation of the Bible was commissioned following the Hampton Court Conference of 1604?

   • King James Bible
   • Geneva Bible
   • Great Bible
   • Bishops' Bible

9. Which petition presented to James I in 1603 prompted the meeting at Hampton Court?

   • Form of Apology
   • Protestation of 1621
   • Petition of Right
   • The Millenary Petition

10. Which customs duties levied by the monarch without parliamentary consent created major financial conflict?

    • Tonnage and Poundage
    • Coat and Conduct
    • Impositions
    • Ship Money

11. Whose execution in 1618 was demanded by Spain following an unauthorised expedition to Guiana?

    • Earl of Essex
    • John Pym
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Francis Drake

12. Which anti-Calvinist theological movement within the Anglican Church gained favour late in James I's reign?

    • Anabaptism
    • Presbyterianism
    • Arminianism
    • Socinianism

13. Which Protestant ruler married James I's daughter Elizabeth, involving England in European conflict?

    • Frederick V
    • Christian IV
    • Gustavus Adolphus
    • Philip III

14. Which lucrative title of nobility did James I create in 1611 to raise funds for the Crown?

    • Viscount
    • Marquess
    • Baronet
    • Duke

15. Which 1604 court case established Parliament's right to judge election disputes regarding its own members?

    • Hampden's Case
    • Five Knights' Case
    • Bates' Case
    • Goodwin v Fortescue

16. Which 1606 legal case upheld the King's right to issue impositions without parliamentary consent?

    • Godwin v Fortescue
    • Bates' Case
    • Darnell's Case
    • Case of Monopolies

17. Which failed industrial scheme under James I aimed to finish and dye English cloth before export?

    • The Bates Venture
    • The Great Contract
    • The Cockayne Project
    • The Addled Parliament

18. What name was given to the brief Parliament of 1614 that passed no legislation due to disputes?

    • The Barebones Parliament
    • The Short Parliament
    • The Addled Parliament
    • The Rump Parliament

19. Which document entered in the Commons Journal in 1621 asserted Parliament's right to discuss foreign policy?

    • Petition of Right
    • Grand Remonstrance
    • Form of Apology
    • The Protestation

20. Which powerful favourite dominated James I's court and foreign policy in his final years?

    • Archbishop Laud
    • Earl of Strafford
    • Earl of Somerset
    • Duke of Buckingham

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