Norman Conquest of England under William I (the Conqueror)
- 1. In which historic battle was Harold II defeated by William I?
A) Battle of Hastings
B) Battle of Stamford Bridge
C) Battle of Fulford
D) Battle of Barnet
- 2. What year did the Norman Conquest of England take place?
A) 1100
B) 1066
C) 1200
D) 1000
- 3. Which English king died shortly before the Norman Conquest, leading to a succession crisis?
A) Richard the Lionheart
B) Henry I
C) Edward the Confessor
D) William the Conqueror
- 4. What was the name of the famous document William I ordered to be compiled after the conquest?
A) Magna Carta
B) Domesday Book
C) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
D) Bayeux Tapestry
- 5. What was the title of William I before he became King of England?
A) King of France
B) Duke of Normandy
C) Earl of Wessex
D) Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- 6. Which English abbey did William I commission to be built to atone for bloodshed during the Conquest?
A) Fountains Abbey
B) Battle Abbey
C) Glastonbury Abbey
D) Westminster Abbey
- 7. In which country did William I assemble his army before invading England?
A) Wales
B) France
C) Scotland
D) Normandy
- 8. What was the name of the rebellion in the north of England against William I's rule?
A) Harrying of the North
B) Peasants' Revolt
C) Marcher Lords Uprising
D) Barons' Wars
- 9. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the Norman Conquest?
A) Lanfranc
B) Theodore of Tarsus
C) Stigand
D) Thomas Becket
- 10. What was the customary tax paid to William I by landowners during his reign?
A) Scutage
B) Tithe
C) Gabelle
D) Danegeld
- 11. Who was the wife of William I?
A) Isabella of Angoulême
B) Eleanor of Aquitaine
C) Matilda of Flanders
D) Empress Matilda
- 12. Which of William I's sons succeeded him as King of England?
A) Edward IV
B) Richard III
C) William II
D) John
- 13. What architectural style heavily influenced English building under William I?
A) Norman
B) Baroque
C) Gothic
D) Romanesque
- 14. What was the title given to the rebellions against William I's rule in the early years of his reign?
A) Danes' Resistance
B) Barons' Uprisings
C) Marcher Lords Revolts
D) Harrying
- 15. What was the name of the ship in which William the Conqueror sailed to England to stake his claim to the throne?
A) Santa Maria
B) Mayflower
C) Mora
D) Golden Hind
- 16. Which English city was famously devastated by William the Conqueror during the Harrying of the North?
A) York
B) London
C) Oxford
D) Canterbury
- 17. Which Anglo-Saxon nobleman was prominent during the Norman Conquest and later became known as the first Earl of Norfolk?
A) Edmund Ironside
B) Harold Godwinson
C) Aethelred the Unready
D) Ralph de Guader
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