Deck 1: The Tudor Dynasty and Renaissance in England

Question 1

With the end of the Wars of the Roses and the accession of Henry VII, England entered a period of renaissance under the new dynasty of the Tudors.

A)elizabeth i
B)henry vii
C)edward vi
D)james i

Answer 1

james i

Question 2

In his book 'England under Tudors and Stuarts', ……………. remarks that, "the advent of the Tudors marked the sunset of the Middle Ages and the sunrise of Modern times."

A)robert raynes
B)morton fork
C)g.m.trevelyan
D)arnold toynbee

Answer 2

robert raynes

Question 3

………………….. was the Founder of the Tudor Dynasty.

A)henry vii
B)elizabeth i
C)james i
D)charles i

Answer 3

henry vii

Question 4

………………..became the King of England after the death of his father Henry VII.

A)henry viii
B)louis xii
C)charles i
D)edward vi

Question 5

Henry VIII joined the Holy League with the intention of driving …………………out of Italy.

A)france
B)germany
C)austria
D)russia

Question 6

…………………made peace with France through the marriage alliance of his sister Mary with Louis XII of France.

A)henry viii
B)charles v
C)edward vi
D)philip ii

Question 7

………………… came to the throne of England by the act of succession passed by Henry VIII.

A)edward vi
B)jane grey
C)philip ii
D)elizabeth i

Question 8

……………….. died in 1553 and the crown went to Mary Tudor.

A)henry viii
B)philip ii
C)elizabeth i
D)edward vi

Question 9

In May …………… a massive invasion fleet or 'Armada' sailed from the port of Lisbon.

A)1588
B)1592
C)1596
D)1688

Question 10

The Levant Company was established to trade with the ………………….Empire.

A)russian
B)prussian
C)ottoman
D)french

Question 11

………………attempted to prove that the sun rather than the earth was at the center of the planetary system.

A)henry viii
B)copernicus
C)thomas cromwell
D)martin luther

Question 12

The English Reformation started in the reign of ………………..

A)henry viii
B)henry vii
C)edward vi
D)elizabeth i

Question 13

Henry VIII decided to rid himself of his first wife, …………. of Aragon, after she had failed to produce a male heir to the throne.

A)mary
B)anne boleyn
C)mariana wryte
D)catherine

Question 14

……………was made Supreme Head of the Church by an Act of Parliament in 1534.

A)thomas cromwell
B)henry viii
C)johanna standen
D)edward vi

Question 15

…………….. was an English lawyer, scholar, writer, Member of Parliament and chancellor in the reign of Henry VIII.

A)sir thomas more
B)john morton
C)john milton
D)francis bacon

Question 16

………….. published his ideas, initially in 'Novum Organum' (1620), an account of the correct method of acquiring natural knowledge.

A)john milton
B)doctor faustus
C)leonardo da vinci
D)sir francis

Question 17

The University Wits is a phrase used to name a group of late- ……………..-century English playwrights and pamphleteers who were educated at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge and who became popular secular writers.

A)12th
B)16th
C)18th
D)19th

Question 18

The term "University Wits" was coined by …………., a 19th-century journalist.

A)george saintsbury
B)allardyce nicoll
C)edward albert
D)christopher

Question 19

……………produced one of the most controversial and well-known plays of all time, "Doctor Faustus."

A)sir francis willingham
B)william shakespeare
C)christopher marlowe
D)thomas watson

Question 20

……………… second play was the two-part Tamburlaine the Great ,published 1590.

A)marlowe's
B)ben jonson
C)william shakespeare
D)roger ascham's

Question 21

…………..is best known for the satirical play 'Every Man in His Humour (1598).

A)ben jonson
B)william shakespeare
C)james i
D)john lyly

Question 22

……………..gained fame with the publication of two prose romances, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and His England (1580).

A)christopher marlowe
B)thomas kyd
C)john lyly
D)william

Question 23

………………… was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptized a few days later on 26 April 1564.

A)william shakespeare
B)robert green
C)henry vi
D)roger ascham

Question 24

……………. Toxophilus ("Lover of the Bow"), written in the form of a dialogue, was published in 1545.

A)philip sidney's
B)sir richard morison's
C)roger ascham's
D)edmund spenser's

Question 25

The Faerie Queene was the work of ………………..

A)edmund spenser
B)robert dudley
C)arthur lord grey
D)walter raleigh