Y109.1 The last years of Charles II and James II 1678–1688 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1

The 20 questions

1. Who fabricated the false anti-Catholic conspiracy known as the Popish Plot in 1678?

   • Titus Oates
   • Duke of Monmouth
   • Lord Russell
   • Earl of Shaftesbury

2. Which political faction emerged during the Exclusion Crisis to support passing the Exclusion Bill?

   • Roundheads
   • Whigs
   • Tories
   • Jacobites

3. Who led the Whig campaign to exclude James, Duke of York, from the throne?

   • Earl of Shaftesbury
   • Lord Halifax
   • Duke of Buckingham
   • Earl of Danby

4. In 1681, Charles II called a parliament to which city to avoid Whig dominance in London?

   • Bristol
   • Oxford
   • York
   • Cambridge

5. Which 1683 Whig plot aimed to assassinate Charles II and his brother James?

   • Meal Tub Plot
   • Gunpowder Plot
   • Rye House Plot
   • Monmouth Plot

6. Which secret treaty provided Charles II with French subsidies, helping him rule without Parliament after 1681?

   • Treaty of Dover
   • Treaty of Utrecht
   • Treaty of Nijmegen
   • Treaty of Ryswick

7. Which illegitimate son of Charles II led a failed Protestant rebellion in 1685?

   • Duke of Albemarle
   • Duke of Monmouth
   • Duke of Grafton
   • Duke of York

8. Which battle in July 1685 decisively ended the Monmouth Rebellion?

   • Battle of Worcester
   • Battle of Boyne
   • Battle of Sedgemoor
   • Battle of Dunbar

9. Which ruthless judge presided over the brutal Bloody Assizes after the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion?

   • Judge Jeffreys
   • Earl of Rochester
   • Lord Nottingham
   • Sir Edward Hales

10. What document did James II issue in 1687 suspending penal laws against Catholics and Dissenters?

    • Declaration of Indulgence
    • Act of Uniformity
    • Clarendon Code
    • Test Act

11. Which 1686 legal case allowed James II to grant dispensations from the Test Act to Catholics?

    • Case of Proclamations
    • Ashby v White
    • Godden v Hales
    • Entick v Carrington

12. Which ecclesiastical court did James II establish in 1686 to control the Church?

    • Court of High Commission
    • Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes
    • Star Chamber
    • Court of Requests

13. On what charge were Seven Bishops tried in 1688 after petitioning against the Declaration of Indulgence?

    • Tax evasion
    • Seditious libel
    • Heresy
    • High treason

14. Which event in June 1688 raised the sudden prospect of a permanent Catholic Stuart dynasty?

    • Trial of Shaftesbury
    • Birth of a son
    • French invasion threat
    • Death of Monmouth

15. What term describes the group of English nobles who signed the 1688 invitation to William of Orange?

    • Immortal Seven
    • Fifth Monarchists
    • Junto Whigs
    • Cabal Ministry

16. In November 1688, where in south-west England did William of Orange land his Protestant forces?

    • Plymouth
    • Portsmouth
    • Torbay
    • Dover

17. Which legal mechanism did Charles II and James II use to forfeit and rewrite borough charters?

    • Bills of Attainder
    • Habeas Corpus
    • Quo Warranto writs
    • Writs of Assistance

18. What was the name of the questionnaire James II used in 1687 to screen Parliamentary candidates?

    • Nineteen Propositions
    • Grand Remonstrance
    • Three Questions
    • Instrument of Government

19. Which Oxford college did James II force to accept a Catholic president in 1687, angering Anglicans?

    • Magdalen College
    • All Souls College
    • Trinity College
    • Christ Church

20. Which Tory doctrine asserted that subjects must never forcibly resist the monarch under any circumstances?

    • Social contract
    • Passive obedience
    • Popular sovereignty
    • Rule of law

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