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