 - 1. Who was the first Plantagenet king of England?
A) Edward I B) Richard the Lionheart C) William the Conqueror D) Henry II
- 2. Which English king signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
A) King Edward II B) King John C) King Henry VIII D) King Richard III
- 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) Henry I B) William the Conqueror C) Harold Godwinson D) Edward the Confessor
- 5. Which English king was known as 'The Lionheart'?
A) Edward II B) Richard I C) Henry III D) John
- 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) John Gower B) Thomas Malory C) Geoffrey Chaucer D) William Langland
- 8. Who was the first Tudor monarch of England?
A) Edward VI B) Elizabeth I C) Henry VII D) Mary I
- 9. Which English king was known as 'Longshanks'?
A) Edward I B) Richard II C) John D) Henry II
- 10. Who led a peasant uprising against the English nobility and clergy in 1381?
A) Jack Cade B) Robin Hood C) John Ball D) Wat Tyler
- 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) Anarchy C) Peasants' Revolt 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) Tudor and Stuart D) York and Lancaster
- 13. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England before the Norman Conquest?
A) Harold Godwinson B) Cnut the Great C) Edmund Ironside D) Edward the Confessor
- 14. Which medieval English king was deposed during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
A) Richard II B) Edward III C) Henry VI D) Henry IV
- 15. Which medieval English king was known for his six wives?
A) Edward IV B) Richard II C) Stephen D) Henry VIII
- 16. Which famous English cathedral was consecrated in 1093, becoming a symbol of Norman power in England?
A) Canterbury Cathedral B) Westminster Abbey C) York Minster D) Durham Cathedral
- 17. During the Middle Ages, what was the main language used by the English nobility?
A) French B) German C) Old English D) Latin
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