 - 1. Who was the first Plantagenet king of England?
A) Henry II B) William the Conqueror C) Richard the Lionheart D) Edward I
- 2. Which English king signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
A) King Richard III B) King Edward II C) King John D) King Henry VIII
- 3. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury famously murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170?
A) Thomas Wolsey B) Thomas More C) William Tyndale D) Thomas Becket
- 4. Who led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066?
A) Henry I B) Edward the Confessor C) Harold Godwinson D) William the Conqueror
- 5. Which English king was known as 'The Lionheart'?
A) John B) Richard I C) Henry III D) Edward II
- 6. The Hundred Years' War was fought between England and which other country?
A) Scotland B) Spain C) Portugal D) France
- 7. Who was the author of 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) Thomas Malory B) John Gower C) William Langland D) Geoffrey Chaucer
- 8. Who was the first Tudor monarch of England?
A) Mary I B) Henry VII C) Edward VI D) Elizabeth I
- 9. Which English king was known as 'Longshanks'?
A) John B) Edward I C) Richard II D) Henry II
- 10. Who led a peasant uprising against the English nobility and clergy in 1381?
A) Wat Tyler B) John Ball C) Jack Cade D) Robin Hood
- 11. What was the name of the civil war in medieval England fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York?
A) Peasants' Revolt B) Anarchy C) Wars of the Roses D) Baronial Wars
- 12. The War of the Roses was a struggle for the English throne between which two rival houses?
A) Plantagenet and Capet B) Norman and Saxon C) York and Lancaster D) Tudor and Stuart
- 13. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England before the Norman Conquest?
A) Cnut the Great B) Harold Godwinson C) Edmund Ironside D) Edward the Confessor
- 14. Which medieval English king was deposed during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
A) Henry IV B) Richard II C) Henry VI D) Edward III
- 15. Which medieval English king was known for his six wives?
A) Richard II B) Edward IV C) Stephen D) Henry VIII
- 16. Which famous English cathedral was consecrated in 1093, becoming a symbol of Norman power in England?
A) Durham Cathedral B) York Minster C) Westminster Abbey D) Canterbury Cathedral
- 17. During the Middle Ages, what was the main language used by the English nobility?
A) Latin B) German C) French D) Old English
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