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Succession to the British throne
  • 1. What factors determine succession to the British throne?
A) Popular vote, age, wealth, and military rank
B) Political affiliation, education, tenure, and geography
C) Descent, sex, legitimacy, and religion
D) Parliamentary nomination, royal decree, merit, and marriage
  • 2. Which document restricts the throne to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover?
A) Bill of Rights 1689
B) Act of Settlement 1701
C) Treasons Act 1571
D) Magna Carta
  • 3. Who is the heir apparent to King Charles III?
A) Prince Archie
B) Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
C) William, Prince of Wales
D) Prince George
  • 4. When did the changes from the Perth Agreement take effect?
A) 26 March 2015
B) 15 November 1689
C) 28 October 2011
D) 1 January 2022
  • 5. What was the result of the 2011 agreement by Commonwealth prime ministers regarding male-preference primogeniture?
A) It was strictly enforced
B) It was abandoned
C) It was made optional for each realm
D) It was expanded to all realms
  • 6. Who was the last person listed on the 2011 version of William Addams Reitwiesner's list of descendants?
A) Anne de Mortimer
B) Karin Vogel
C) Elizabeth of York
D) Sophia of Hanover
  • 7. How many people in the line of succession require the sovereign's consent to marry?
A) The first six
B) None, it is a personal choice
C) All descendants
D) The first ten
  • 8. Which monarch was the last of the Plantagenet dynasty?
A) Richard III
B) Henry VII
C) Richard I
D) Edward IV
  • 9. What happened to Lady Jane Grey after she was proclaimed Queen in 1553?
A) She was overthrown after nine days
B) She abdicated peacefully
C) She was killed in battle
D) She reigned for ten years
  • 10. According to the text, what was Sir William Blackstone's opinion of Henry VII's hereditary claim?
A) The most secure claim in English history
B) Legally void from the start
C) A standard example of legal succession
D) The most remote and unaccountable ever set up
  • 11. What act made it treason to deny the authority of Parliament to settle succession disputes?
A) Bill of Rights 1689
B) Treasons Act 1571
C) Safety of the Queen, etc. Act 1584
D) Act of Settlement 1701
  • 12. Which of Henry VIII's wives was the mother of Edward VI?
A) Catherine of Aragon
B) Elizabeth of York
C) Anne Boleyn
D) Jane Seymour
  • 13. What was the relationship between Richard I and his successor John?
A) Uncle and nephew
B) Brothers
C) Cousins
D) Father and son
  • 14. Who is currently fifth in line to the British throne?
A) Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
B) Princess Charlotte
C) Prince George
D) Prince Louis
  • 15. Under the current rules, what religious requirement must the monarch fulfill?
A) Must be in communion with the Church of England
B) Must be Catholic
C) No religious requirement exists
D) Must be a convert to Islam
  • 16. Since what year did the House of Stewart rule in Scotland?
A) 1371
B) 1603
C) 1543
D) 1503
  • 17. Which English King was the father of Margaret Tudor?
A) James IV
B) Henry VIII
C) Henry VII
D) Charles I
  • 18. What was the name of the nine-year war caused by the Treaty of Greenwich?
A) The Union of the Crowns
B) The Claim of Right
C) The Auld Alliance
D) The Rough Wooing
  • 19. Who was the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, married in 1565?
A) William III
B) Oliver Cromwell
C) Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
D) James VI
  • 20. In what year was Mary, Queen of Scots, deposed?
A) 1603
B) 1567
C) 1543
D) 1573
  • 21. What title did Oliver Cromwell hold?
A) Lord Protector
B) King
C) Prince
D) Duke
  • 22. Who succeeded Charles I after the monarchy was restored?
A) Richard Cromwell
B) James II
C) Charles II
D) William III
  • 23. Which religious group was James II and VII a member of?
A) Roman Catholic
B) Anglican
C) Presbyterian
D) Protestant
  • 24. What was the purpose of the Scottish Act of Security in 1704?
A) To ban Roman Catholics
B) To crown James II
C) To select an heir to the Scottish throne
D) To force a union with England
  • 25. In what year was the Kingdom of Great Britain formed?
A) 1689
B) 1701
C) 1603
D) 1707
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