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