- 1. When did James I become the King of England?
A) 1558
B) 1620
C) 1603
D) 1666
- 2. Which monarch was James I's mother?
A) Mary Queen of Scots
B) Anne Boleyn
C) Catherine of Aragon
D) Queen Elizabeth I
- 3. In which country was James I born?
A) Scotland
B) France
C) Spain
D) England
- 4. James I was the first monarch from which royal house?
A) Hanover
B) Plantagenet
C) Tudor
D) Stuart
- 5. Who was James I's wife?
A) Catherine of Braganza
B) Elizabeth I of England
C) Mary I of England
D) Anne of Denmark
- 6. What was James I's title in Scotland before becoming King of England?
A) Charles I
B) Edward VI
C) Henry VIII
D) James VI
- 7. James I was a passionate patron of which performing arts group?
A) King's Men
B) Royal Ballet
C) Royal Shakespeare Company
D) Lord Chamberlain's Men
- 8. Who succeeded James I to the English throne?
A) Mary II
B) Charles I
C) William III
D) Anne
- 9. James I was a strong proponent of the divine right of what?
A) Lords
B) Parliaments
C) Popes
D) Kings
- 10. Which famous thinker criticized James I's concept of monarchy in his work 'Patriarcha'?
A) Thomas Hobbes
B) Francis Bacon
C) Robert Filmer
D) John Locke
- 11. Which Scottish king was an ancestor of James I?
A) Robert the Bruce
B) Malcolm III
C) Macbeth
D) William Wallace
- 12. Which famous playwright dedicated works to James I?
A) George Herbert
B) Christopher Marlowe
C) John Milton
D) William Shakespeare
- 13. What was the name of James I's daughter who married Frederick V, Elector Palatine?
A) Elizabeth
B) Catherine
C) Anne
D) Mary
- 14. Under James I, the infamous witch trials took place in which town in 1612?
A) Salem
B) Pendle
C) Roanoke
D) Salem Village
- 15. What was the name of James I's oldest surviving son who later became Charles I?
A) Henry
B) Edward
C) William
D) James
- 16. James I promoted the colonization of which region in North America, leading to the establishment of Jamestown in 1607?
A) Georgia
B) Massachusetts
C) Newfoundland
D) Virginia
- 17. James I survived an attempted kidnapping known as the 'Gowrie Conspiracy' in which year?
A) 1600
B) 1622
C) 1611
D) 1633
- 18. In 1611, James I's daughter and heir, Elizabeth Stuart, married which Elector of the Palatinate?
A) Maximilian I
B) John George I
C) Leopold V
D) Frederick V
- 19. James I's reign was marked by the beginning of which period in British history known for its excessive opulence and corruption?
A) Georgian era
B) Jacobean era
C) Edwardian era
D) Victorian era
- 20. What was the name of the Powhatan Native American who was captured and brought to England during James I's reign?
A) Squanto
B) Sacagawea
C) Powhatan
D) Pocahontas
- 21. In 1597, James I published a book on the demonology and witchcraft titled?
A) Esoteric Studies
B) Daemonologie
C) Witchcraft and Sorcery
D) Necronomicon
- 22. Which member of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators was famously apprehended before the plot was executed?
A) Robert Catesby
B) Francis Tresham
C) Thomas Percy
D) Guy Fawkes
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