England in the Middle Ages
- 1. Who was the first Plantagenet king of England?
A) Henry II
B) Edward I
C) William the Conqueror
D) Richard the Lionheart
- 2. Which English king signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
A) King Edward II
B) King John
C) King Richard III
D) King Henry VIII
- 3. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury famously murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170?
A) Thomas More
B) William Tyndale
C) Thomas Becket
D) Thomas Wolsey
- 4. Who led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066?
A) William the Conqueror
B) Edward the Confessor
C) Harold Godwinson
D) Henry I
- 5. Which English king was known as 'The Lionheart'?
A) Henry III
B) John
C) Edward II
D) Richard I
- 6. The Hundred Years' War was fought between England and which other country?
A) Spain
B) Scotland
C) Portugal
D) France
- 7. Which medieval English king was known for his six wives?
A) Stephen
B) Richard II
C) Edward IV
D) Henry VIII
- 8. What was the name of the civil war in medieval England fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York?
A) Anarchy
B) Baronial Wars
C) Wars of the Roses
D) Peasants' Revolt
- 9. Who was the first Tudor monarch of England?
A) Henry VII
B) Mary I
C) Elizabeth I
D) Edward VI
- 10. Which English king was known as 'Longshanks'?
A) John
B) Richard II
C) Henry II
D) Edward I
- 11. Which medieval English king was deposed during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
A) Henry IV
B) Henry VI
C) Richard II
D) Edward III
- 12. Who was the author of 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) John Gower
B) William Langland
C) Thomas Malory
D) Geoffrey Chaucer
- 13. During the Middle Ages, what was the main language used by the English nobility?
A) Old English
B) German
C) French
D) Latin
- 14. The War of the Roses was a struggle for the English throne between which two rival houses?
A) York and Lancaster
B) Plantagenet and Capet
C) Norman and Saxon
D) Tudor and Stuart
- 15. Who led a peasant uprising against the English nobility and clergy in 1381?
A) Wat Tyler
B) Jack Cade
C) John Ball
D) Robin Hood
- 16. Which famous English cathedral was consecrated in 1093, becoming a symbol of Norman power in England?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) Canterbury Cathedral
C) Durham Cathedral
D) York Minster
- 17. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England before the Norman Conquest?
A) Cnut the Great
B) Edward the Confessor
C) Edmund Ironside
D) Harold Godwinson
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