- 1. When did James I become the King of England?
A) 1558
B) 1666
C) 1603
D) 1620
- 2. Which monarch was James I's mother?
A) Catherine of Aragon
B) Queen Elizabeth I
C) Anne Boleyn
D) Mary Queen of Scots
- 3. In which country was James I born?
A) France
B) Scotland
C) Spain
D) England
- 4. James I was the first monarch from which royal house?
A) Tudor
B) Hanover
C) Stuart
D) Plantagenet
- 5. Who was James I's wife?
A) Mary I of England
B) Elizabeth I of England
C) Anne of Denmark
D) Catherine of Braganza
- 6. What was James I's title in Scotland before becoming King of England?
A) James VI
B) Henry VIII
C) Charles I
D) Edward 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) Charles I
B) Mary II
C) Anne
D) William III
- 9. James I was a strong proponent of the divine right of what?
A) Lords
B) Kings
C) Parliaments
D) Popes
- 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) Macbeth
B) Malcolm III
C) Robert the Bruce
D) William Wallace
- 12. Which famous playwright dedicated works to James I?
A) William Shakespeare
B) George Herbert
C) Christopher Marlowe
D) John Milton
- 13. What was the name of James I's daughter who married Frederick V, Elector Palatine?
A) Elizabeth
B) Anne
C) Catherine
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) Edward
B) Henry
C) James
D) William
- 16. James I promoted the colonization of which region in North America, leading to the establishment of Jamestown in 1607?
A) Virginia
B) Newfoundland
C) Georgia
D) Massachusetts
- 17. James I survived an attempted kidnapping known as the 'Gowrie Conspiracy' in which year?
A) 1611
B) 1633
C) 1600
D) 1622
- 18. In 1611, James I's daughter and heir, Elizabeth Stuart, married which Elector of the Palatinate?
A) John George I
B) Frederick V
C) Maximilian I
D) Leopold 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) Edwardian era
C) Jacobean 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) Powhatan
C) Pocahontas
D) Sacagawea
- 21. In 1597, James I published a book on the demonology and witchcraft titled?
A) Daemonologie
B) Esoteric Studies
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) Guy Fawkes
C) Francis Tresham
D) Thomas Percy
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