Beginning of Hundred Years' War between England and France - Exam
  • 1. When did the Hundred Years' War between England and France begin?
A) 1337
B) 1366
C) 1299
D) 1420
  • 2. Which English king started the Hundred Years' War by claiming the French throne?
A) Henry V
B) Richard II
C) Edward III
D) Henry VIII
  • 3. Where did the first major battle of the war, the Battle of Sluys, take place?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) River Thames
C) English Channel
D) Baltic Sea
  • 4. Who was the French king at the start of the Hundred Years' War?
A) Louis XI
B) Charles V
C) Philip VI
D) Francis I
  • 5. Which side suffered a severe defeat during the Battle of Patay in 1429?
A) French
B) Scots
C) Burgundian
D) English
  • 6. Who succeeded Edward III as King of England during the Hundred Years' War?
A) Henry VI
B) Edward IV
C) Henry IV
D) Richard II
  • 7. Which English king made significant gains in the war during the Battle of Agincourt?
A) James IV
B) Edward IV
C) Richard III
D) Henry V
  • 8. Which English king was taken prisoner during the Battle of Poitiers in 1356?
A) Edward II
B) John II
C) Henry IV
D) Henry V
  • 9. What treaty marked the official end of the Hundred Years' War?
A) Treaty of Bretigny
B) Treaty of Troyes
C) Treaty of Paris
D) Treaty of Picquigny
  • 10. What event in 1415 led to further English conquests in France during the war?
A) Battle of Castillon
B) Battle of Agincourt
C) Battle of Formigny
D) Battle of Crécy
  • 11. Which French city fell to the English early in the war, leading to the Treaty of Brétigny?
A) Bordeaux
B) Lyon
C) Paris
D) Calais
  • 12. Which English heroine played a key role in the later stages of the Hundred Years' War?
A) Joan of Arc
B) Elizabeth I
C) Mary, Queen of Scots
D) Catherine of Aragon
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