- 1. Who was the leader of the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War?
A) King Charles I
B) Oliver Cromwell
C) Richard Cromwell
D) James I
- 2. In which year did the English Civil War begin?
A) 1707
B) 1642
C) 1688
D) 1603
- 3. Which battle fought in 1645 was a decisive victory for the Parliamentarians?
A) Battle of Naseby
B) Battle of Edgehill
C) Battle of Marston Moor
D) Battle of Newbury
- 4. Which side was known as the Royalists in the English Civil War?
A) Roundheads
B) Diggers
C) Levellers
D) Cavaliers
- 5. What was the nickname given to Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army?
A) Ironsides
B) Rump Parliament
C) Pride's Purge
D) Long Parliament
- 6. Which city served as the royalist headquarters during the campaign in the south of England?
A) Bristol
B) York
C) London
D) Oxford
- 7. What was the name of the peace treaty signed by Charles I and the Scots in 1640?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Treaty of Utrecht
C) Treaty of Westphalia
D) Treaty of Ripon
- 8. Who led the Scottish Covenanters in support of Parliament during the English Civil War?
A) Alexander Leslie
B) Wallace
C) Rupert
D) Montrose
- 9. Which parliamentary general was known as the 'father of the New Model Army'?
A) Earl of Strafford
B) John Pym
C) Thomas Fairfax
D) John Hampden
- 10. What was the name of the pamphlet written by John Milton in defense of the freedom of the press?
A) Paradise Lost
B) Areopagitica
C) Pilgrim's Progress
D) Leviathan
- 11. Who was the king of Scotland and England before and after the English Civil War?
A) James I
B) Charles II
C) Mary Queen of Scots
D) Henry VIII
- 12. Which fort in Dorset that was held by the royalists fell after a long siege in 1645?
A) Oxford Castle
B) Corfe Castle
C) Cambridge Castle
D) Windsor Castle
- 13. Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of England?
A) Richard Cromwell
B) Henry Ireton
C) John Lambert
D) Thomas Fairfax
- 14. What year does the Commonwealth of England officially begin?
A) 1649
B) 1670
C) 1653
D) 1660
- 15. The Second English Civil War broke out in which year?
A) 1666
B) 1651
C) 1648
D) 1678
- 16. What were the two sides in the English Civil War known as?
A) Puritans and Cavaliers
B) Roundheads and Cavaliers
C) Tories and Whigs
D) Royalists and Parliamentarians
- 17. Which side supported the concept of a constitutional monarch during the English Civil War?
A) Royalists
B) Roundheads
C) Parliamentarians
D) Cavaliers
- 18. Who was known as the 'Father of Parliament' and played a key role in the English Civil War?
A) John Hampden
B) John Pym
C) Thomas Wentworth
D) William Laud
- 19. In which year did the English Civil Wars officially end with the victory of Parliament?
A) 1658
B) 1653
C) 1649
D) 1651
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