1C.1 The quest for political stability, 1625–88 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. What term was used by critics for Charles I's personal rule from 1629 to 1640?

   • Great Remonstrance
   • Eleven Years' Tyranny
   • Glorious Revolution
   • Personal Dictatorship

2. Which issue was directly targeted by the 1628 Petition of Right?

   • Religious uniformity
   • Abolition of bishops
   • Unparliamentary taxation
   • Royal succession

3. Which event in January 1649 directly led to the abolition of the English monarchy?

   • Pride's Purge
   • Charles I's execution
   • Battle of Worcester
   • Dissolution of Rump

4. Which event created the Rump Parliament in December 1648?

   • Barebones Parliament
   • Grand Remonstrance
   • Five Members Crisis
   • Pride's Purge

5. Which 1653 constitutional document appointed Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector?

   • Nineteen Propositions
   • Putney Debates
   • Instrument of Government
   • Heads of Proposals

6. Which act required general elections to be held at least every three years?

   • Triennial Act 1694
   • Act of Settlement
   • Toleration Act
   • Septennial Act

7. What did clergy have to accept under the 1662 Act of Uniformity?

   • The Prayer Book
   • Directory for Worship
   • Solemn League
   • Thirty-Nine Articles

8. Who challenged Charles I's Ship Money levy in court in 1637?

   • Oliver Cromwell
   • Edward Hyde
   • John Hampden
   • John Pym

9. Which parliament met in April 1640 and was dissolved after three weeks?

   • Long Parliament
   • Barebones Parliament
   • Rump Parliament
   • Short Parliament

10. Which group was primarily excluded from public office by the 1673 Test Act?

    • Wealthy landowners
    • Catholics and dissenters
    • Foreign merchants
    • Anglican clergy

11. Who was the intended target of the Exclusion Bills of 1679–81?

    • Duke of York
    • William of Orange
    • Charles II
    • Duke of Monmouth

12. Which event occurred first among these mid-seventeenth-century developments?

    • Charles I's execution
    • The Restoration
    • Pride's Purge
    • Instrument of Government

13. Which prerogative power did James II use to issue the 1687 Declaration of Indulgence?

    • Billeting rights
    • Dispensing power
    • Feudal tenure
    • Martial law

14. Which series of trials followed the defeat of Monmouth's rebellion in 1685?

    • Bloody Assizes
    • Star Chamber
    • Popish Plot trials
    • High Commission

15. Which institution frequently clashed with civilian parliaments during the English republic?

    • Privy Council
    • House of Lords
    • Anglican Church
    • New Model Army

16. What main factor caused the collapse of Richard Cromwell's Protectorate in 1659?

    • Army opposition
    • French blockade
    • Scottish invasion
    • Royalist rebellion

17. Which event directly forced Charles I to end his Personal Rule in 1640?

    • Scottish Bishops' Wars
    • Irish Rebellion
    • Gunpowder Plot
    • Monmouth Rebellion

18. Who provided secret financial subsidies allowing Charles II to rule without Parliament from 1681?

    • Louis XIV
    • Philip IV
    • William of Orange
    • Leopold I

19. Which 1689 document formally limited the powers of the English monarchy?

    • Act of Settlement
    • Bill of Rights
    • Instrument of Government
    • Petition of Right

20. Which issue remained a major source of political conflict after the 1660 Restoration Settlement?

    • Trade tariffs
    • Religious policy
    • Enclosure acts
    • Poor laws

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