Mary I - Quiz
Mary I
  • 1. What happened to Queen Anne in 1536?
A) She was exiled to France.
B) She died of a sudden illness.
C) She was beheaded.
D) She escaped to the continent.
  • 2. Which monarch married Jane Seymour two weeks after Anne's execution?
A) William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
B) Edward VI
C) Philip of Spain
D) Henry VIII
  • 3. What did Henry VIII demand that Mary recognize?
A) Her own right to the throne as legitimate.
B) Him as head of the Church of England.
C) The authority of the Pope.
D) His marriage to Anne of Cleves.
  • 4. Who was Mary's favourite household staff member reinstated after her reconciliation with Henry?
A) Catherine Parr
B) Anne Boleyn
C) Susan Clarencieux
D) Mary Finch
  • 5. What was one of Mary's favourite pastimes according to her expense accounts?
A) Horse riding
B) Sewing
C) Gambling at cards
D) Playing the lute
  • 6. What was the name of the rebellion that campaigned against Henry's religious reforms?
A) The Act of Uniformity Rebellion
B) The Peasants' Revolt
C) The Northern Rising
D) Pilgrimage of Grace
  • 7. Who was the heir apparent that displaced Mary in the succession in 1537?
A) Reginald Pole
B) Philip of Neuburg
C) Elizabeth
D) Edward
  • 8. How did Mary describe herself in 1542?
A) The last supporter of the Catholic faith
B) The rightful Queen of England
C) The unhappiest woman in all of Christendom
D) A prisoner of her own father
  • 9. Why was the suit of Philip, Duke of Neuburg, unsuccessful?
A) He was too old.
B) He was Lutheran.
C) Henry disliked his personality.
D) He was already married.
  • 10. Which chief minister negotiated a potential marriage alliance with the Duchy of Cleves?
A) Lord Hussey
B) Thomas Cromwell
C) Thomas Cranmer
D) Reginald Pole
  • 11. Why was Thomas Cromwell arrested for treason in 1540?
A) He was found to be a secret Lutheran.
B) He refused to annul Henry's marriage to Anne of Cleves.
C) One charge was that he plotted to marry Mary himself.
D) He led the Pilgrimage of Grace.
  • 12. Who was the Countess of Salisbury executed in 1541?
A) Mary's old governess and godmother
B) The mother of Thomas Cromwell
C) Mary's biological mother
D) Henry's sister
  • 13. Which act restored Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession in 1544?
A) Act of Succession 1544
B) The Royal Marriage Act
C) Act of Uniformity 1549
D) The Succession Settlement of 1537
  • 14. What was the official religion of the regency council during Edward VI's reign?
A) Roman Catholicism
B) Lutheranism
C) Protestantism
D) Calvinism
  • 15. What did the Act of Uniformity 1549 prescribe?
A) The burning of the Book of Common Prayer
B) Protestant rites for church services
C) The execution of all Catholic priests
D) The return of the Roman Catholic Mass
  • 16. To whom did Mary appeal for diplomatic pressure regarding her religious freedom?
A) The Pope
B) The King of France
C) The Duke of Cleves
D) Emperor Charles V
  • 17. What event happened at the Christmas reunion in 1550 between Mary and Edward?
A) Mary declared she would flee the country.
B) Edward announced he was converting to Catholicism.
C) They signed a peace treaty regarding the succession.
D) Edward publicly reproved Mary for ignoring his worship laws.
  • 18. What was the outcome of the plan to smuggle Mary out of England in 1550?
A) She was caught and imprisoned in the Tower.
B) She successfully reached the European mainland.
C) It came to nothing.
D) She changed her mind at the last moment.
  • 19. Which biblical passage did Henry VIII cite to claim his marriage was unclean?
A) Leviticus 20:21
B) Psalms 23:1
C) Genesis 1:12
D) Exodus 14:10
  • 20. Who issued the original dispensation allowing Henry to marry Catherine?
A) Pope Julius II
B) Charles V
C) Pope Clement VII
D) Thomas Cranmer
  • 21. Who replaced Mary in the line of succession after her mother's marriage was annulled?
A) Mary's brother
B) Anne Boleyn
C) Catherine of Aragon
D) Elizabeth
  • 22. Where was Mary sent to live in December 1533?
A) Hunsdon
B) Hatfield Palace
C) Peterborough Cathedral
D) The Tower of London
  • 23. Who was Mary's close adviser and Imperial ambassador?
A) Eustace Chapuys
B) Thomas Cranmer
C) Henry VIII
D) Charles V
  • 24. How long did Mary and her father go without speaking to each other?
A) Three years
B) One year
C) Five years
D) Ten years
  • 25. Where was Catherine of Aragon interred after her death in 1536?
A) Peterborough Cathedral
B) Westminster Abbey
C) Hunsdon
D) Hatfield Palace
  • 26. What was the date of Mary I's birth?
A) July 1553
B) 17 November 1558
C) 18 February 1516
D) January 1556
  • 27. How many religious dissenters were burned at the stake during Mary's reign?
A) Less than 100
B) Exactly 500
C) More than 280
D) About 1,000
  • 28. When did Mary I become Queen of England and Ireland?
A) 1558
B) July 1553
C) 1547
D) 1533
  • 29. Who was Mary's governess between 1521 and 1525?
A) Amy Boleyn
B) Margaret Pole
C) Agnes Howard
D) Elizabeth Denton
  • 30. Who was Mary's chamberlain starting in 1530?
A) Philip of Spain
B) Thomas Wolsey
C) Sir John Hussey
D) George Grey
  • 31. What was the religion Mary I attempted to restore in England?
A) Anglicanism
B) Protestantism
C) Catholicism
D) Calvinism
  • 32. At what age did Edward VI become king?
A) Twelve
B) Nine
C) Fifteen
D) Seven
  • 33. What instrument did Mary play for the French delegation in 1520?
A) Flute
B) Violin
C) Lute
D) Virginals
  • 34. Who was the Spanish humanist consulted for Mary's education?
A) Cardinal Wolsey
B) Thomas Magnus
C) Sebastian Giustinian
D) Juan Luis Vives
  • 35. Which trait did Mary inherit specifically from her father?
A) Red hair
B) Fair complexion
C) Pale blue eyes
D) Ruddy cheeks
  • 36. Why was Henry VIII disappointed with his marriage to Catherine?
A) They had no sons
B) Catherine was uneducated
C) They had too many daughters
D) They had no children at all
  • 37. At which castle was Mary's court based in the Welsh Marches?
A) Dover Castle
B) Windsor Castle
C) Ludlow Castle
D) Tower of London
  • 38. Who was Henry VIII's chief adviser during the marriage negotiations?
A) Cardinal Wolsey
B) Adam Otterburn
C) Thomas Magnus
D) Juan Luis Vives
  • 39. What language besides Latin, French, and Spanish did Mary potentially study?
A) Greek
B) German
C) Welsh
D) Italian
  • 40. What was the name of the treatise Vives wrote for Mary's education?
A) De Institutione Feminae Christianae
B) The Prince
C) The Education of a Princess
D) Utopia
  • 41. To whom did Henry VIII boast that Mary never cried?
A) Charles V
B) Sebastian Giustinian
C) Adam Otterburn
D) Thomas Magnus
  • 42. At what age did Edward VI die?
A) 15
B) 12
C) 21
D) 18
  • 43. What was the likely cause of Edward VI's death?
A) A lung infection
B) A heart attack
C) Smallpox
D) Poisoning
  • 44. Who did Edward VI name as his successor?
A) Mary, Queen of Scots
B) Lady Jane Grey
C) Frances Brandon
D) Elizabeth I
  • 45. Where did Mary flee to gather support after being warned of a trap in London?
A) Scotland
B) East Anglia
C) France
D) Wales
  • 46. Who was appointed Lord Chancellor by Mary?
A) Thomas Howard
B) Edward Courtenay
C) Stephen Gardiner
D) John Dudley
  • 47. Which famous artist painted the portrait of Philip sent to Mary?
A) Hans Holbein
B) Titian
C) Michelangelo
D) Leonardo da Vinci
  • 48. How long was Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower following the Wyatt rebellion?
A) One year
B) One week
C) Six months
D) Two months
  • 49. When did Mary first stop menstruating, signaling a possible pregnancy?
A) September 1554
B) September 1553
C) December 1554
D) April 1555
  • 50. What piece of music did Mary commission from Thomas Tallis for the Chapel Royal?
A) The Regent's Mass
B) A Child is born for us
C) Missa Puer natus est nobis
D) Ave Maria
  • 51. Who was the Venetian ambassador that ridiculed Mary's false pregnancy?
A) Antoine de Noailles
B) Giovanni Michieli
C) Alfonso de Castro
D) Simon Renard
  • 52. To which country did Philip go to command armies in August 1555?
A) Austria
B) Spain
C) France
D) Italy
  • 53. What did the 1539 Six Articles of Henry VIII specifically reaffirm?
A) Clerical celibacy
B) The supremacy of the Pope
C) The abolition of monasteries
D) The use of the English Bible
  • 54. What concession did Mary and the Pope have to make regarding monasteries?
A) All lands were returned to the church
B) Confiscated lands remained with their new owners
C) The monasteries were permanently destroyed
D) The lands were sold to the French
  • 55. Approximately how many Protestants fled into exile during Mary's reign?
A) 280
B) 100
C) 1500
D) 800
  • 56. Who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury after Cranmer's execution?
A) Reginald Pole
B) Alfonso de Castro
C) Simon Renard
D) Juan de Villagarcía
  • 57. What was the original name of the town later known as Portlaoise?
A) Philipstown
B) Calais
C) Maryborough
D) Stafford
E) Dudleytown
  • 58. What was the original name of the town later known as Daingean?
A) Queenstown
B) Philipstown
C) Kingston
D) Maryborough
  • 59. Why did Mary's councillors oppose declaring war on France in 1557?
A) Trade would be jeopardized
B) The Pope forbade the conflict
C) The English army was already in Ireland
D) The King of Spain refused to fight
  • 60. What territory did England lose to the French in January 1558?
A) Calais
B) Scarborough
C) Brussels
D) The Irish Midlands
  • 61. What weather pattern persisted during Mary I's reign?
A) Frequent droughts
B) Unusually mild
C) Exceptionally dry
D) Consistently wet
  • 62. Which company did Mary I grant a royal charter to?
A) Muscovy Company
B) Hudson's Bay Company
C) Virginia Company
D) East India Company
  • 63. Who served as Lord High Treasurer under Mary I?
A) Thomas Tallis
B) Reginald Pole
C) William Paulet
D) John White
  • 64. At what age did Mary I die?
A) 38
B) 42
C) 46
D) 50
  • 65. Which disease claimed the life of Archbishop Pole on the same day as Mary I?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Influenza
C) Plague
D) Smallpox
  • 66. In which city was Philip residing when Mary I died?
A) London
B) Brussels
C) Madrid
D) Paris
  • 67. Which monarch affixed the tomb inscription for Mary and Elizabeth?
A) James I
B) Elizabeth I
C) Edward VI
D) Henry VIII
  • 68. When did the joint style of Philip and Mary change due to Philip inheriting the Spanish Crown?
A) 1554
B) 1558
C) 1556
D) 1553
  • 69. What is the Latin version of Mary I's personal motto?
A) Dieu et mon Droit
B) Veni Vidi Vici
C) Veritas Temporis Filia
D) Dei Gratia
  • 70. How were Philip's arms sometimes depicted with Mary's arms?
A) Impaled
B) Quartered
C) Surrounded by a border
D) Above hers
  • 71. Which title was included in the joint style of 1554 but not in the 1556 version?
A) Austria
B) Naples
C) Ireland
D) England
  • 72. Which title was added to the joint style in 1556 after Philip inherited the Spanish Crown?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Germany
D) Portugal
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